RAJAGIRILENA, Mihintale

Anuradhapura (Anuradhapura District - LK)
8.350000,80.500000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves (LONELY PLANET (2003: 253) with Brahmi inscriptions count STRINATI & AELLEN (1981: 459) among the less important caves or rock shelters, which consists either of rift caves or of half dark overhangs (note 1). SITUATION: LONELY PLANET (2003: 250 -Mihintale- location map) indicates with the number 4 (Rajagirilena) a spot lying opposite across the Indikatu Seyu Complex and about 300 or 400 m west of the quintunx (ruined hospital) at –>Mihintale. LONELY PLANET (2003: 253 -Indikatu Seya Complex- paragraph): Back on the road leading to the Old Road, and strictly speaking outsite –>Mihintale proper, are the remains of a monastery enclosed in the ruins of a stone wall. Inside are two dagobas, the larger known as Indikatu Seya (literally, dagoba of the needle). … Nearby is a hill that's been dubbed Rajagirilena (royal cave hill) after the caves found here with Brahmi inscriptions in them. One of the caves bears the name of Devanampiya Tissa. A flight of steps leads up to the caves.Caves (LONELY PLANET (2003: 253) with Brahmi inscriptions count STRINATI & AELLEN (1981: 459) among the less important caves or rock shelters, which consists either of rift caves or of half dark overhangs (note 1). SITUATION: LONELY PLANET (2003: 250 -Mihintale- location map) indicates with the number 4 (Rajagirilena) a spot lying opposite across the Indikatu Seyu Complex and about 300 or 400 m west of the quintunx (ruined hospital) at –>Mihintale. LONELY PLANET (2003: 253 -Indikatu Seya Complex- paragraph): Back on the road leading to the Old Road, and strictly speaking outsite –>Mihintale proper, are the remains of a monastery enclosed in the ruins of a stone wall. Inside are two dagobas, the larger known as Indikatu Seya (literally, dagoba of the needle). … Nearby is a hill that's been dubbed Rajagirilena (royal cave hill) after the caves found here with Brahmi inscriptions in them. One of the caves bears the name of Devanampiya Tissa. A flight of steps leads up to the caves.

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1970 January: Pierre STRINATI and Villy AELLEN (1981: 459) visited Rajagiri-lena and collected unspecified bats. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0MIHINTALE ROCK SHELTERS
0.0AA CAVE (Lübke 1953)
0.0MAHINDA's CAVE
0.0DEVANAMPIYA TISSA, Mihintale
1.9KALUDIYA POKUNA BATH HOUSE
10.4GALGIRI LENA
12.8ISURUMUNIYA ROCK TEMPLE
12.8VESSAGIRIYA CAVE MONASTERY
12.8SAKVALA CAVE, Anuradhapura