NURU CAVES

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Alexander and James Gilbert Gerard noticed in July 1821 at the halting place Nuru good caves for shelter at the elevation of 13'150 feet (4008 m asl): … there was, through the night, a continued crash of falling rocks on the rugged side of the dell. The species of rhododendron called by the natives Tálsár, was observed … at its level (COLEBROOKE 1827: 348). SITUATION: This camping ground Naru (note 1) should lie somewhere in the basin of the Baspa Gad (Baspa River), which joins the Sutlej near N31°30': E78°11' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003) on AMS sheet NH44-01 Chini (U502 series, 1956 edition) or on India Road Atlas (Eicher Goodearth 2006: 6 C3, D3, D4 and 7 E4).Alexander and James Gilbert Gerard noticed in July 1821 at the halting place Nuru good caves for shelter at the elevation of 13'150 feet (4008 m asl): … there was, through the night, a continued crash of falling rocks on the rugged side of the dell. The species of rhododendron called by the natives Tálsár, was observed … at its level (COLEBROOKE 1827: 348). SITUATION: This camping ground Naru (note 1) should lie somewhere in the basin of the Baspa Gad (Baspa River), which joins the Sutlej near N31°30': E78°11' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003) on AMS sheet NH44-01 Chini (U502 series, 1956 edition) or on India Road Atlas (Eicher Goodearth 2006: 6 C3, D3, D4 and 7 E4).