MILU PUK, Mampui

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

There is a relatively small Milu Puk or -Skull Cave- … situated on a precipitous hillside near Mampui village, Chhimtuipui district [now: Lawngtlai district]. In this small cave many complete human skeletons were stored. It is stated that when the cave was first discovered the skeletons were found lying in a straight line on the floor of the cave covered with clothes. Judging from the skeletal remains some skeletons appear to be of children. Most of the bones of the adults were very long and big indicating their body structure to be bigger than that of the present inhabitants. However, at present the contents of the cave have been despoiled by Vandalism. Most of the bones have been thrown away or scattered around. No anthropological study has been carried out here. (DISTRICT GAZETTEER, Mizoram 1989: 373).