Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c6.32
Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c6.32
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c6.32
In A.D. 479 Kassapa, son of Dhātusēna by a concubine, seized the kingdom and put his father to death; he also attempted to murder his half-brother Mogallāna, rightful heir to the throne. Finding that he could not do so, “he feared danger and betook himself to the Sīhagiri rock, that was hard for men to climb. He cleared it round about and surrounded it with a rampart and built galleries in it with figures of