Image title: Mirror Wall (detail)

The 'Mirror Wall' is known as such because its surface has been highly polished like a mirror. This wall is of architectural and also of literary importance because of its graffiti. Visitors to Sigiriya from the 7th to the 19th centuries A.D. have left their comments here. The body of literature known as the 'graffiti' belongs to the 7-13 centuries A.D. The graffiti which express feelings of enchantment with the wall paintings and the surrounding environment are not only of literary and philological importance but they also provide contemporary social information.

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These photos are taken at the Sigiriya rock in Sri Lanka. This archaeological important site dates to the 2nd century BC when it functioned as a monastery. In the fifth century, King Kassapa I transferred the administrative centre from Anuradhapura to Sigiriya in order to  rule from there. The on-site museum displays various artifacts and paintings found at the Sigiriya rock.