KESNAND (Caves near)

(Haveli - IN)
18.566700,74.016700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 30/03/2016

Expressively »natural caves« (no name mentioned, consider a honorific plural), which are said to contain a fabulous tunnel, reported KOSAMBI (1960b: 27-28) and KOSAMBI (1962 edited 1982, 1993: 93): »The natural caves at Kesnand [note 1] near Vagholi [note 2] are on the abandoned trade route which, as well as local legend, connects them with Bolai« (note 3). SITUATION: Somewhere in the vicinity of Kesnand, a place »near« (4 km along a no much winding road south-east of) Vagholi and in a valley parallel to the present (1960) road from Pune (N18°32': E73°52') approximately north-east to Ahmadnagar (N19°05': E74°44'), and above a slope of an unspecified hill (no name mentioned). CULTURAL HISTORY - Archaeology: The hill, the cave or the slope below the cave yielded large quantities of microliths, which are »now« (KOSAMBI 1960b) exhibited in a certain National Defence Academy's Museum (no place mentioned, perhaps at Pune / Puna / Poona?).

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 30/03/2016

NOTE 1: »Kesnand« N18°34': E74°01 on AMS sheet NE43-06 Poone (U502 series, 1960 edition) a kilometre or two south of two hillocks rising linear distances of 4 or 5 km due east of Vagholi to 2000 feet (610 m asl) and 6 or 8 km east of Vagholi to 2308 feet (703.5 m asl). NOTE 2: Vagholi N18°35': E73°59' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003), lies at a distance of 9 km along the road from Pune (Poona N18°32': E73°52') approximately north-east to Ahmadnagar (N19°05': E74°44'). NOTE 3: »Bolai« (KOSAMBI 1960b: 27) seems to correspond to the road junction and settlement »Bolai Deo« (where thee routes cross each other), which is shown near N18°35': E74°06' on AMS sheet NE43-06 Poone (U502 series, 1960 edition) in an area about 7 or 8 km north-by-east of Kesnand and east of the western of the two hills.

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