Tiriyai Cave

(Trincomalee District - LK)
8.866700,81.016700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified kind of cave (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: ?, 1983: 119) or modified natural rock shelter on the hill at the village of Tiriyai contains a pre-Christian inscription (rock art: epigraphy). IDENTITY: Compare the cave at the –>Pinnacle Rock (Tiriyai), the Vilattie Malai, Nachchiya Malai. SITUATION: On an unidentified hill (no name mentioned) west of the village (CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: ?, 1983: 119) of Tiriyai (note 1).An unspecified kind of cave (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: ?, 1983: 119) or modified natural rock shelter on the hill at the village of Tiriyai contains a pre-Christian inscription (rock art: epigraphy). IDENTITY: Compare the cave at the –>Pinnacle Rock (Tiriyai), the Vilattie Malai, Nachchiya Malai. SITUATION: On an unidentified hill (no name mentioned) west of the village (CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: ?, 1983: 119) of Tiriyai (note 1).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Ceylon Traveller 1974, 1983.

Histoire

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
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11.1PINNACLE ROCK NICHE, Tiriyai
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