DHUNGA (Caves at)

(Munsiari tehsil - IN)
30.516700,80.166700
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 27/03/2016

Three or four »big caves« (PRANAVANANDA 1983: 151) or, perhaps, spacious rock shelters are situated at Dung or Dhunga (note 1) at the foot of Unta Dhura pass (note 2).

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 27/03/2016

NOTE 1: "Dhung" or "dunga" and "dhunga" (Nepali) is a word for a »rock, stone, boulder« and a »Dung camping ground« is indicated near N30°31': E080°10' on AMS sheet NH44-06 Nanda Devi (U502 series, 1958 edition). NOTE 2: Unta Dhura (Anta Dhura Pass, Kyunam La) N30°35': E080°11' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003): 5475 m asl (PRANAVANANDA 1949: 150).

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