Heritage record
Dongi Ratta Sancturaies (Caves)
Azad Jammu and KashmirRock ArtProtected
The cave site is located south-east of Balot-Bhrutti road some 8 km from the main city. The site is the evidence of cultural continuity in the area. It is deeply carved, having traces of chiseling. The cave is cubical and uniform in appearance. One side of the cave has been provided railing. Presently local villagers use the cave for the purpose of crops storage.
- Record ID
- 6622
- Province / territory
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir
- District
- Mirpur
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Rock Art
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 33.35964, 73.64667 — 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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