Heritage record
Khoi Ratta Rock-cut Caves
Azad Jammu and KashmirSanctuaryProtected
The site is located in village Kot of Tehsil Khoi Ratta at a distance of about 35 km in the south of District Kotli. The site contains four caves locally called "Pariian da Kotha" (residences of the fairies) in a living rock, facing east and approached by a flight of 9 steps measuring 3.3 m in height. The sites is tentatively dated 7th -8th century CE.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 6619
- Province / territory
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir
- District
- Kotli
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Sanctuary
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by Azad Jammu & Kashmir Preservation and Protection of Antiquities Act, 1986 (instrument: Protected by Azad Jammu & Kashmir Preservation and Protection of Antiquities Act, 1986)
- Coordinates
- 33.35925, 74.02006 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Ashraf, Ghani-ur-Rahman. (2020). Threat to the Cultural Heritage of Pakistan Survey and Documentation of Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 2020.
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