provides not only a great trekking experience, but also an insight into the ancient history of the All GPS trails and landmarks are . The Naneghat cave contains a wealth of unique historical records on the Satavahana kings who accurate to within 15 feet (5 meters) Naneghat ruled over two thousand years ago. The pass itself is probably much older having been used over GPS generated trails millennia as the sole means of access in the region between the plains and the . Other trails (approximate) Malshej (16 km) N Start of Naneghat Trail 500m (19.30512N, 73.64738E) 0 1 km 640 feet (195 m) W E (31 km) Trail Junction Kalyan S (19.29896N, 73.65801E) (60 km) 645 feet (197 m) (116 km)

? 700 ft 800 ft D E C C A N Cave & Water Source 900 ft (19.29287N, 73.67380E) P L A T E A U 1000 ft 2069 feet (631 m) 1100 ft 1200 ft 1300 ft Large Stone Vessel 1600 ft (19.29200N, 73.67578E) 1800 ft 2000 ft 2479 feet (755 m) 1400 ft 2200 ft 2400 ft 1500 ft View 1700 ft Point 1900 ft 2100 ft

2300 ft

Naneghat Cave (19.29224N, 73.67496E) To Ghatghar (2.5 km) Elevation Plot from GPS Data 2447 feet (746 m) To Jivdhan and (28 km) ) t 3000 (2 km) e e f

( Naneghat

l 2500 • Although the Naneghat trek involves a climb of around 1800 GPS data on Naneghat was collected during trek of

e Cave v Start of trail feet, the trail is prominent and there is no cliff exposure. April 14, 2007, by Chengalva Bapiraju, Dr. e

L 2000 Yuvaraj Chavan (Y.B.)., Vitthal Awari, Suraraj Patil

• The trail from the east is motorable to the point marked as

a (members of YZ Trekkers) and Mahesh Chengalva. e “Large Stone Vessel” on the map. A short descent from this S 1500 location over a rocky trail will bring you to the cave entrance. Map created by Mahesh Chengalva using Global e

v • The Naneghat inscriptions are over two thousand years old Positioning System (GPS) data and satellite imagery. o

b 1000 and are in a form of the that is similar to the a

This map, along with maps of other Sahyadri

n well known Ashoka inscriptions.

o trekking areas, are available for free download at:

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t • It took us about 90 minutes to descend the entire trail from a http://www.geocities.com/DrChengalva v the cave. The ascent can take well over twice as long. e l 0 • There is no water available on the trail in the dry season. For any feedback, e-mail [email protected] E 0 1 2 3 4 5 • Please take utmost care not to litter or damage the This map can be freely distributed (including website Distance along Trail (km) environment or ancient monuments during this or any trek. display) only in an unaltered form