TONGLON CAVE

(Henglep tehsil - IN)
24.250000,93.533300
Grottocenter / carte

Location

An unspecified »Tonglon cave« or, perhaps, a rockshelter, once was interpreted as »an added attraction and habitat of wild animals« (freepedia.in/Manipur accessed 2009.05.31). SITUATION: Unknown. Probably somewhere in the vicinity of Tonglon (note 1), a populated place which is said to lie 32 km (freepedia.in/Manipur accessed 2009.05.31) along the road from the town of Churachandpur (N24°20': E093°40'). NOTE 1: ka wah (Khasi, noun) a stream, a river (SINGH, N 1906: 244); a mountain stream (ALLEN, W J 1858: 61), binomial: ka wah - ka um (SINGH, N 1906: 244). long (Khasi, verb) is, to exist, to become (SINGH, N 1906: 118); to be, become, betide (SINGH, N 1920: 39, 40, 44). u máw long (Khasi, noun) a big stone or rock (SINGH, N 1906: 130); crag, rock (SINGH, N 1920: 100, 444).u soh long (Khasi, noun), a lemon (SINGH, N 1906: 208; BAZELY 1992: 34). NOTE 2: Wahlong, literally: Big Stream (of water), is the same as »Wolong« (Major Bivar in: MEDLICOTT, H B 1865: 391 table) and »Wullong« (MEDLICOTT, H B 1865: 421). In November 1995 I recorded at a populated place called Wahlong the GPS position (±150 m) 25°12'29”N: 91°43'25”E : circa (±200 m) 800 m asl (WGS84 modified from 25°12'27”N: 91°43'35”E Everest 1830, Gebauer, H D undated 1995 November unstable 4-channel GPS Garmin 4) where the Survey of India sheets 78-O/12 indicate a village called »Mawthangsokkhyllum« (edition 1912) or »Mawthangsok Khyllum« (edition 1937), apparently a contraction of "maw" (stone) + "thang" (to burn, deflagrate, enkindle, fire, light) + "soh khyllum" »a sour fruit resembling a guava« (SINGH, N 1906: 207). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 09/02/2016

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
20.8HAOBICHING (Cave on the)
23.0SONGBU
27.6THANGJING HILL (Caves on)
29.3BUKPUI, Thanlon
35.4KANG MANG CHIN (Cave on)
46.4LONGKAIPHUM, Longkaiphun (Cave near)
72.7Mungsa (Hole at)
75.1DIMAPUR (Cave at)
77.4NURSING DURWAZA (Hole at the)