Kapitel | Titel | Seite |
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INTRODUCTIONARY NOTES | ||
Himachal Pradesh State | 1 | |
Arki area (ex Baghal State) | 1 | |
Arki caves table | 8 | |
CAVE DIRECTORY | ||
Akhra Patakhra–Yulang | 9 | |
SOURCES | ||
Acknowledgements | 48 | |
Localities List | 49 | |
Manuscripts | 51 | |
Bibliography | 52 | |
MAPS | ||
1. | Himachal Pradesh in India | 5 |
2. | Arki area & Cave distribution | 7 |
3. | Himachal Pradesh Cave distribution | 66 |
CAVE PLANS | ||
1. | Baili Sehlot | 11 |
2. | Beterh Goffar | 15 |
3. | Dunga Dora | 18 |
4. | Ghiana Cave 1 | 20 |
5. | Ghiana Cave 2 | 20 |
6. | Jakholi Cave | 22 |
7. | Pajyare ra Kotla 1 | 35 |
8. | Pajyare ra Kotla 2 | 36 |
9. | Saug Goffar | 41 |
PICTURES | ||
1. | The Abode of Baba Balak Nath | 13 |
2. | Venerated stalagmite speläothems (linga) in Panchmunda Cave, Chewa | 37 |
3. | Venerated stalagmite speläothems (linga) in Triloknath Cave, Trilokpur | 45 |
This report deals with the karst and caves of the most northern Indian Union State. 128 sites – mainly karst caves but also some man–made caverns – are described in detail. 28 other caves are described from the Arki area, where the first European post–WWII caving excursion to South Asia was conducted by a team around E.A. Glennie in 1970. The majority of these caves still awaits surveying. The report has an in–depth 15 pages long bibliography and over 230 explanatory footnotes. In English.