LUM KHONGPLIANG (Krem)

(Nongstoin - IN)
25.500000,91.250000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 11/04/2016

An unspecified, locally known cave is said to exist on one Lum Khongpliang (Kharpran Daly, B D 1997.03.13 Mss "25 caves located" item no. 11). ETYMOLOGY: No locally known name has been identified for a cave called after its location, a "Hill" (note 1) resempling a plate or an arrow with a spear head (note 2). SITUATION: At an unspecified location somewhere on a certain Lum Khongpliang, a hill near one village of Mawkneng (note 3), which is said (Kharpran Daly, B D 1997, personal correspondence) to lie somewhere in the vicinity of Nongstoin (25°30'35”N: 91°16'05”E). CAVE POTENTIAL: Unknown. There are, however, several unidentified "caves" (or so) near Mawkneng, namely: Krem –>Lum Khongpliang (Kharpran Daly, B D 1997.03.13 Mss "25 caves located" item 11) Krem –>Maweit (Raphael Warjri, Shillong, 1998.02.09, personal communication) Krem –>Wah Dika (Kharpran Daly, B D 1997.03.13 Mss "25 caves located" item 12). Krem –>Weiklasup (Kharpran Daly, B D 1997.03.13 Mss "25 caves located" item 10).

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 11/04/2016

NOTE 1: lum (Khasi, verb) to gather, collect (SINGH, N 1906: 120); cumulate, garner, gather, harvest, levy, stock, store, treasure (SINGH, N 1920: 104, 198, 199, 214, 290, 498, 499, 538); accumulate, aggregate, amass, collect, compile, raise, reap, recollect, pitch, troop (BLAH, E 2007: 3, 7, 11, 54, 56, 225, 245, 248, 422, 314). ka lum (Khasi noun), also: loom (SMITH, G 1882: 113), a mountain (OLDHAM, T 1854 / 1984 appendix C: lxi); a hill, mountain, [the area] outside the village (SINGH, N 1906: 120); hill, mount (SINGH, N 1920: 220, 329). NOTE 2: khong (Khasi, adjective) resembling; taking the likeness of (SINGH, N 1906: 34). ka pliang (Khasi, noun, feminine) a plate (SINGH, N 1906: 161); basin, can, plate, utensil, vessel (SINGH, N 1920: 38, 58, 383, 568, 575); plate, trough, vessel (BLAH, E 2007: 226, 314, 325). u pliang (Khasi, noun, masculine) an arrow with a spear head, generally used in warfare and in hunting (SINGH, N 1906: 138). NOTE 3: Mawkneng (Brian D. Kharpran Daly 1997.03.13 Mss; Raphael Warjri 1998.02.09 personal communication), literally: prominent rock / outstanding stone, is neither shown on the Survey of India sheets 78-O/03 (1913), 78-O/04 (1912), 78-O/06 (1913), 78-O/07 (1913), 78-O/08 (1912) nor on AMS sheets NG46-09 Tura and NG46-10 Shillong (U502 series, 1959 edition).

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0MAWEIT (Krem)
0.0WAH DIKA (Krem)
5.0WEIKLASUP (Krem)
8.8NONGLWAI CAVITIES
25.1KHLIEH NOHRANG
25.1AA CAVE (Lister 1829)
25.1MAWLATAMRA (U)
25.4SHANGSHONG (Roh)
25.6SYIEM (Kroh Ka)