PUKHARIA CAVE

(Buxwaha Tahsil - IN)
24.491700,79.358300
Grottocenter / carte

Description

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).

Documents

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Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2006.01.11: Shailaish Pratap Singh (Khajuraho) interprets information provided by the manager (no name known) of the Naya Raja Dhaba on the Chhatarpur - Sagar road to H. D. Gebauer and Rainer Straub. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.1RANIKHERA CAVE 3
0.2RANIKHERA CAVE 1
0.2RANIKHERA CAVE 2
1.1BHARWANI CAVE
6.4BHIMKUND, Chhatarpur - Bajna
9.1SADWA GUFA
11.9KUWA PAHAR, Bijawar
12.1PATALA GANGA, Darguwan / Dargawan
15.7ARJUNKUND, Dhangawan