Discovery of votive tablets proves existence of protohistoric settlement in Perlis

The votive tablet that was found in Berhala Cave and Kurung Batang Cave is an ancient artefact that represents physical evidence of the existence of a protohistoric settlement in the state of Perlis around the ninth century.

KANGAR: The votive tablets discovered in Gua Berhala and Gua Kurong Batang are the physical evidence of the existence of a settlement for protohistoric community in the state of Perlis in the ninth century.

Kota Kayang Museum director Siti Munirah Kasim said the tablets were either circular or pear-shaped lumps of clay with Buddhist images and inscriptions.