MOHRA MURADU (Cave at)
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Description
A cave entrance (11 m wide, 2 m high) giving access to an estimated 150 m of cave passages is said to have been found near Mohra Muradu site at Taxila (note 1) or behind Mohra Maudu [sic!] Monastery (note 2) at Taxila (note 3). SITUATION: Beneath the obvious cliff face at the summit of an unidentified hill, which lies in an unspecified direction behind the ancient site of the Mohra Moradu Monastery, Taxila, from where a foot path passes by the cave. CAVE DESCRIPTION: From the large entrance (11 m wide, 2 m high) the passage drops steeply down into a large (30 m by 30 m wide, 20 m high) chamber that is home to a colony of bats. A relatively small cave passage under the north east wall of the chamber can be followed for an estimated 15 m whilst on the south-west side of the chamber an undefined cave passage descends through boulders for an estimated 40 m to reach a small bouldery chamber at the furthest reached point of the known part of the cave where the initials -MSG 1984- are painte on the roof along with the word -END-. CAVE POTENTIAL: Prospects for further extension are limited (Brooks, S J 1997 Mss: Pakistan Cave Database) but dilation will make this cave wider, larger, or more open. CAVE LIFE: Bats (Chiroptera). on the roof along with the word -END-. CAVE POTENTIAL: Prospects for further extension are limited (Brooks, S J 1997 Mss: Pakistan Cave Database) but dilation will make this cave wider, larger, or more open. CAVE LIFE: Bats (Chiroptera).
Histoire
EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1946: V. D. Krishnaswamy (1946.07.03 Mss) told E. Aubrey Glennie about a known and explored but not investigated cave near Mohra Moradu. 1994: Simon J. Brooks & friends visited Mohra Maudu [sic!] and 'surveyed' 148 m (tape spotter standards) of survey length without any cave plan whatsoever.
Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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2.1 | AA CAVE, Taxila hillside | ||
2.7 | INDRASALA GUHA, Peshawar Museum | ||
4.3 | KALAWAN, Margala, 1st (Cave near) | ||
4.3 | KALAWAN, Margala, 2nd (Cave at) | ||
4.3 | KALAWAN, Margala, 3rd (Cave at) | ||
7.3 | ASTRIALIA (Caves at) | ||
7.6 | ALLAHDITTA CAVE | ||
8.6 | KHANPUR (Wilson 1976) (Caves at) | ||
13.4 | BHAMALA, Taxila (Caves at) |