The stone stairways, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

The view of the distant hills from between the two the stone stairways.

The 'Chinese Lion'.

The second stone stairway.

End of the stone stairways, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

End of the first stone stairway.

Beginning of the second stone staiway.

Yapahuwa, the climb, Sri Lanka.

Yapahuwa, the entry, Sri Lanka.

The entrance in the wall of the 12th Century rock fortress.

A moat outside the wall now empty of water

Please click on the following web-links :-

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/sri-lanka/the-ancient-cities/sights/other/yapahuwa

http://www.archaeology.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=99&lang=en

'Aethagala Pansala', Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.

Kurunegala town is dominated by a huge rock which some claim resembles an elephant. The name 'Aetha-gala' ( 'Aetha' - elephant , 'Gala - rock, S) derives from this. The name Kurunaegala means in Sinhalese
' Kuru' - small, 'Nae' - not, 'Gala' - rock ( A rock which is not small).