Sigiriya: City, Palace, and Royal Gardens |
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| Title | Sigiriya: City, Palace, and Royal Gardens Issue 270 of Publication (Madhyama Saṃskr̥tika Aramudala (Sri Lanka))) |
| Author | Senake Bandaranayake |
| Contributor | Madhyama Saṃskr̥tika Aramudala (Sri Lanka) |
| Edition | 6, reprint |
| Publisher | Central Cultural Fund, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Aug 30, 2008 |
| ISBN | 9556131116, 9789556131116 |
| Length | 27 pages |
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