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The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site in central India that spans the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods, as well as the historic period. [1] [2] It exhibits the earliest traces of human life in India and evidence of the Stone Age starting at the site in Acheulian times.
10 kya Bhimbetka rock shelters (World Heritage Site), Madhya Pradesh, India with rock art ranging from the Mesolithic (c.8,000 BC) to historical times [19] ...
The history of cave paintings in India or rock art range from drawings and paintings from prehistoric times, beginning in the caves of Central India, typified by those at the Bhimbetka rock shelters from around 10,000 BP, to elaborate frescoes at sites such as the rock-cut artificial caves at Ajanta and Ellora, extending as late as 6th–10th century CE.
The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, now designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are located on the edge of the Deccan Plateau, where dramatic erosion has left massive sandstone outcrops. Researchers have found primitive tools and decorative rock paintings made by humans in the area's many caves and grottos , the earliest paintings dating to ...
Bhimbetka rock painting of India, World Heritage Site. 'Great King' neolithic paintings above Malipo in Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. Thought to be over 4000 years old. Petroglyphs in Gobustan, Azerbaijan, dating back to 10,000 BC. Rock art in Balichakra near Yadgir town in Karnataka, India
Bhimbetka rock shelters is also a paleolithic ... and mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) site. Mesolithic sites (250,000 BC–10,000 BC) ... Sonda rock art, ...
Bhimbetka rock shelters and caves are a UNESCO world heritage site consisting of over 750 caves and shelters over 10 kilometers and 7 hills. the archaeological site dates between 100,000 to 1,700 CE, with cave paintings that are estimated to about 30,000 years ago. The site is about 45 kilometers south of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Date
The pre-historic paintings were generally executed on rocks and these rock engravings were called petroglyphs.These paintings generally depict animals like bison, bear, tigers etc. [11] The oldest Indian paintings are rock art in caves which are around 30,000 years old, such as the Bhimbetka cave paintings.