Sigiriya Museum

Central Province

Regional history around sigiriya area from pre-hisotry to the reign of Kashyapa ( Such as, Clay objects, Mental arms objects,Stone antiquities and wooden objects.).The first space is the Protohistoric Gallery; the exhibits being excavated artifacts of various sorts from iron implements to pottery and terra cotta heads and figures. A replicated iron smelting kiln proves that iron was used extensively in this region of the Island, probably earlier than the 5th century AD.The second gallery represents the Buddhist Monastic Period with artifacts of that time. The third section is the story of King Kasyapa. The room dedicated to his achievements showcases Japanese technology at its most precise.The fourth gallery is the mirror wall room with the kurutu kavi or graffiti replicated exactly. Interestingly termed kurutu liyawili (scribbled writings), the graffiti are inscriptions along one portion of the rock face that climbers pass on their way to the summit.The fifth and last gallery is dedicated to etho-archeology of the Sigiriya region; in it is traced the history of archaeology and findings in Sri Lanka from early on to the present day.

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