https://mail.indiancaving.org.uk/wiki/ 2026-04-14T05:16:23+00:00 https://mail.indiancaving.org.uk/wiki/ https://mail.indiancaving.org.uk/wiki/lib/tpl/wallpaper/images/favicon.ico text/html 2015-12-27T16:18:05+00:00 https://mail.indiancaving.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=about:anthropology&rev=1451233085&do=diff ---------- Memorial Stones An extract from [The Khasis], P R T Gurdon, 1st pub. by Govn. of Eastern Bengal and Assam (1907). Probably one of the first objects which strikes the eye of a visitor to the Khasi Hills is the very large number of monoliths, table-stones, and cromlechs that are to be met with almost everywhere in that country. text/html 2015-11-10T01:18:27+00:00 https://mail.indiancaving.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=about:geology&rev=1447118307&do=diff by Mark Tringham This is an excerpt from The Cave Pearls of Meghalaya, Volume 1, Pala Range and Kopili Valley, Edited by Thomas Arbenz. Copyright is reserved. Meghalaya mostly comprises a relatively stable high structural block, called the Shillong Plateau, which is cored by Precambrian granites, gneisses and schists. Around its southern flanks a younger sedimentary sequence was formed, which includes some limestones. The high block formed a promontory of land that became surrounded by ocean f… text/html 2015-12-07T01:22:38+00:00 https://mail.indiancaving.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=about:introduction&rev=1449451358&do=diff ---------- Caving in the Abode of the Clouds Project, Meghalaya, North East India The Caving in the Abode of the Clouds Project takes its name from the Sanskrit meaning of the word ‘Meghalaya’ which literally translates to ‘Abode of the Clouds’. This reflects the fact that due to its geographical location Meghalaya is often cloaked in cloud and as a result receives world record rainfall. The rain, added to a warm climate and extensive areas of limestone, has provided the perfect mix to crea… text/html 2022-12-15T05:01:22+00:00 https://mail.indiancaving.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=about:longest_deepest&rev=1671080482&do=diff ---------- Indian Sub Continent Longest and Deepest Caves – Dec 2022 Longest Cave Cave Name Country/State/Region Length1 LIAT PRAH Cave System India, Meghalaya, Jaintia Hills 31,070m2 Krem PURI India, Meghalaya, Khasi Hills 25,317m3 Krem TYNGHENG-DIENGJEM India, Meghalaya, Jaintia Hills 21,775m4 Krem KOTSATI-UMLAWAN India, Meghalaya, Jaintia Hills 21,530m5 PIELKHLIENG Pouk-Krem SAKWA India, Meghala… text/html 2015-12-27T15:37:36+00:00 https://mail.indiancaving.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=about:start&rev=1451230656&do=diff ---------- * Introduction * Longest Deepest * Geology * Anthropology