4500 ईसा पूर्व पुरानी लिपि , बेलम गुफाओं की 40 मीटर गहरी पाई में पाई गई। नंदयाला , अनंतपुरम, आंध्रप्रदेश, भारत।

The Belum Caves, located in Nandyala district of Andhra Pradesh's Rayalaseema region, is the second largest cave system on the Indian subcontinent, known for its speleothems, such as stalactite and stalagmite formations. The Belum Caves have long passages, galleries, spacious caverns with fresh water and siphons. This cave system was formed over the course of tens of thousands of years by the constant flow of underground water from the now-disappeared river Chitravathi. The cave system reaches its deepest point 46 m from entrance level at the point known as Pataalaganga.

00:02:30 APDTC Information board
00:02:40 Lord Buddha's big Sculpture
00:03:10 Entry point into the Caves
00:03:45 Gabeur Hall
00:05:55 Huge holes in the side walls formed by spiralling vortex
00:06:10 Vihara or Meditation Hall
00:07:30 Speleothems and Stalactites
00:10:05 Claustrophobia
00:11:45 Amazing natural formations
00:14:30 Is this an ancient script : OLD Script ???
00:15:40 Cuneiform script or sign language
00:29:06 Lowest point 40 meters below surface in the cave

Belum Caves have a length of 3,229 m (10,593.8 ft), making them the second largest caves on the Indian Subcontinent after the Krem Liat Prah caves in Meghalaya. It is one of the centrally protected Monuments of National Importance.

Belum came to scientific attention in 1884 by a British surveyor, Robert Bruce Foote and from 1982 to 1984, a team of German speleologists headed by H. Daniel Gebauer conducted a detailed exploration of the caves.

In 1988, the state government declared the site protected, and Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) developed the caves as a tourist attraction in February 2002. Today, 3.5 km of the caves have been successfully explored, though only 1.5 km is accessible to visitors.

There are 16 different pathways, including the main entrance and there are deposits of quartz in the caves. The caves consist of black limestone.

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