Aerial drone photograph of Sigiriya Lion Rock rising dramatically from the surrounding jungle and plains of central Sri Lanka.
From the air, the full logic of what Kashyapa built becomes clear: a sheer granite column rising nearly 200 meters, its flat summit barely large enough to hold a palace, surrounded by water gardens laid out along the western approach. Nothing about this site is accidental. © Dronepicr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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