Cave research in India

The caves of Ajanta, Udaygiri, Barabar, Undavalli, Pandavleni, Ellora are famous for archaeological finds and ancient architectural value.

Jayant Biswas and his contemporaries continue to research the biospeleology of Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Western Ghats to establish India amongst other notable countries on the cave map of the world.

Research is also taking place on Indian cave stalagmites, to estimate the past monsoon climate.

Dr Ashish Sinha of California State University is taking major steps to understand the past pattern of Indian monsoons via cave research.

The very first Text cum Research Reference Book from India is published in the year 2022, titled "Cave Science, Insights from the Indian Subcontinent"[7] The book is Published by National cave Research and Protection Organization,[8] edited by Jayant Biswas.

The book received a very good review, published in a very prestigious Scientific Journal of India [9] The Earth's age in which we are living is Meghalayan age and the name was given in 2018, by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) and formally ratified by the Executive Committee of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), The research output was based on a study of Palaeoclimatology of a rock structure Stalactite collected from the Mawmluh Cave of Meghalaya.

[13] Various caves in Central India serving as major religious spots are also either under threat conditions or somehow polluting the ambient environment.