TIRUVADAVUR (Caves at)

(Melur - IN)
9.966700,78.316700
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 22/06/2016

Unspecified »caves« (rock shelters?), which contain prehistoric paintings (rock art) in unspecified rock, reported PRICE (1988b: 34) from the hills where Madurai (Madura) district borders Pasu Muthuramalingam district east of Tiruvadavur (N09°58': E078°19' nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003), a town about 15 km (or so) along the road south of Melur (N10°03': E078°20') and some 30 km (or so) in a direct line east of Madurai (Madura, N09°56': E078°07').

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