Second stairway and associated artifacts, Yapahuwa, Sri Lanka.

The 'Chinese lions' guarding the second stairway.

Stone cutting at the base of a stone pillar.

The second stone stairway.

The 'Chinese lion'.

The artisans of the 13th Century Present Era, had worked on granite as easy as working on wax.

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