ANIYAKANDA CAVE, Ritigala

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Among the more than 70 known caves which H. C. Bell discovered on –>Ritigala, there are some on the Andiyakanda ridge to the east of Ritigala Kanda itself (note 1). McALPINE & ROBSON (1983: 361), probably after PARANAVITANA (1970): One inscription (rock art: epigraphy) in a so-called Andiyakanda Cave reads: The gift of elder Tissa to the Sangha of the four quarters, present and absent (note 2).Among the more than 70 known caves which H. C. Bell discovered on –>Ritigala, there are some on the Andiyakanda ridge to the east of Ritigala Kanda itself (note 1). McALPINE & ROBSON (1983: 361), probably after PARANAVITANA (1970): One inscription (rock art: epigraphy) in a so-called Andiyakanda Cave reads: The gift of elder Tissa to the Sangha of the four quarters, present and absent (note 2).