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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.
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 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.
Bhimbetka rock painting. The Ambadevi rock shelters have the oldest cave paintings in India, dating back to 25,000 years. ... 24% have petroglyphs, ...
The Bhimbetka rock shelters have linear representations in green of humans dancing and hunting. ... [44] Petroglyphs in West Africa, such as those of Bidzar, ...
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, ... Petroglyphs in Ladakh, India. Bhimbetka rock shelters, Raisen District, ...
The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka are on the edge of the Deccan Plateau where deep erosion has left huge sandstone outcrops. The many caves and grottos found there contain primitive tools and decorative rock paintings that reflect the ancient tradition of human interaction with their landscape, an interaction that continues to this day. [69]
Bhimbetka rock shelters is also a paleolithic (Old Stone Age) ... Sanganakallu, Kupgal petroglyphs, Sonda rock art, dwellings of Anegundi are neolithic sites.