[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c9.s17.121 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.121 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.121 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s17.121](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.121) (7) Port-hole cist: A port-hole cist is a box-like burial chamber, largely underground and built of gneissic orthostats floorstone and capstone but arranged inside a rectangular pit scooped out of the native laterite. The e. orthostat has a port-hole which is blocked by a small slab on the outside. The entire structure is surrounded by a stone circle. The cist sometimes has a bench inside, as at PORKALAM. Similar cists, but not sunk into laterite, occur also in Tamil Nadu \[4.17.9\]. - [Previous: v1.c9.s17.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.120) - [Next: v1.c9.s17.122](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.122) - [Up: v1.c9.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.121](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.121) · Pramāṇa