GHAT CAVE

(Robertsganj - IN)
24.683300,83.066700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 28/03/2016

A so-called »Ghat Cave« (note 1) or rock shelter contains drawings in red pigment (rock art) characterised as »yards of curious scroll-like characters which look like writing« (COCKBURN 1883b: 125-126). SITUATION: At an unspecified »ghat« () at a difficult to reconstruct location in »Mirzapur« (now: Chandauli district, Mirzapur district, or Sonbhadra district) and somewhere in the vicinity of Robertsganj (PTO near N24°41'10”: E83°03'45” Everest 1830) and in Sonbhadra district (India Road Atlas, Eicher Goodearth 2006: 57 G1).

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 28/03/2016

NOTE 1: Not to be confused with –>Dharan Ghat Shelter, –>Khusi Ghat ki Pahari Shelters, or –>Sorhow Ghat Cave.

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