PUKHARIA CAVE

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave (note 1) at Pukharia (plural; meaning something along the lines of the lakes, ponds, pools, water holes, wells) is said to lie 1) On the right-hand (west) side of the road from Chhatarpur (note 2) south to Sagar / Saugor (note 3), 2) close to Bada Malehra (note 4) and 3) at kilometer 4 which can be interpreted either that 3.1) Pukharia lies 4 km south of Bada Malehra / Bara Malehra and thus near (±250 m) 24°31'25”N: 79°18'00”E Everest 1830, Survey of India sheet 54-P/06 edition 1977) or that 3.2) Pukharia lies in the outskirts of Bada Malehra / Bara Malehra where the -cave- is possibly indicated —but this is mere guesswork— as one of five wells near (± 250 m) 24°33'45”N: 79°18'10”E (Everest 1830, Survey of India sheet 54-P/06 edition 1977) and in an about 500 m by 100 m large area on the fitting (right/west) side of the road and at the north-eastern foot of a NW-SE trending spur (about a kilometer long, up to 500 m wide and rising 60 m from the ajdacent plan) culminating at 400 m asl near (± 250 m) 24°33'45”N: 79°18'05”E (Everest 1830, Survey of India sheet 54-P/06 edition 1977).An unspecified cave (note 1) at Pukharia (plural; meaning something along the lines of the lakes, ponds, pools, water holes, wells) is said to lie 1) On the right-hand (west) side of the road from Chhatarpur (note 2) south to Sagar / Saugor (note 3), 2) close to Bada Malehra (note 4) and 3) at kilometer 4 which can be interpreted either that 3.1) Pukharia lies 4 km south of Bada Malehra / Bara Malehra and thus near (±250 m) 24°31'25”N: 79°18'00”E Everest 1830, Survey of India sheet 54-P/06 edition 1977) or that 3.2) Pukharia lies in the outskirts of Bada Malehra / Bara Malehra where the -cave- is possibly indicated —but this is mere guesswork— as one of five wells near (± 250 m) 24°33'45”N: 79°18'10”E (Everest 1830, Survey of India sheet 54-P/06 edition 1977) and in an about 500 m by 100 m large area on the fitting (right/west) side of the road and at the north-eastern foot of a NW-SE trending spur (about a kilometer long, up to 500 m wide and rising 60 m from the ajdacent plan) culminating at 400 m asl near (± 250 m) 24°33'45”N: 79°18'05”E (Everest 1830, Survey of India sheet 54-P/06 edition 1977).