RAJAGIRILENA, Mihintale

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.