WAH DIKA (Krem)

(Nongstoin - IN)
25.500000,91.250000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 04/07/2016

An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access to an unidentified and unspecified cave at a location with unknown whereabouts (Kharpran Daly, D D 1997.03.13 Mss: "[twentyfive] 25 caves located" item no. 12). ETYMOLOGY: Unknown. The origin and history of the cave name »Krem Wah Dika« (Kharpran Daly, D D 1997.03.13 Mss) has not yet been identified. It seems to refer to a "krem" or cave called after a "wah" or stream which itself is called after "[ki] "Dika" or [the] Twenty Simul [trees] (note 1). SITUATION: Unknown. Apparently on a stream called Wah Dika and in one way or another »near« the village of Mawkneng (note 2), which was said (Kharpran Daly, D D 1997.03.13 Mss) to lie at an unidentified location 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 - 04/07/2016

NOTE 1: 'di (Khasi; cardinal number), short for: bdi, bydi (SINGH, N 1906: 17), twenty (SINGH, N 1906: 17, 66). ka 'ka (Khasi, noun), short for: ka kya, a simul tree (SINGH, N 1906: 10) or cotton tree and cotton silk tree, botanically: Bombacaceae: Bombax ceiba (BAZELY 1992: 28), Bombax malabaricum (IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909) or Salamalia malabarica (?).NOTE 2: Mawkneng (Brian D. Kharpran Daly 1997.03.13 Mss; Raphael Warjri 1998.02.09 personal communication), literally: prominent rock, 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 sheet NG46-09 Tura (U502 series, 1959 edition).

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0LUM KHONGPLIANG (Krem)
0.0MAWEIT (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)