Archive for Category: Rock Art

Rock Paintings

The Indian sub-continent has one of the richest records in the form of rock paintings. The rock-shelters in India were mainly occupied by the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic people in India.    Cave petroglyphs began in Upper Palaeolathic Age. The rock paintings of this period are symbolic representation of the primitive...

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Ceremonial Use of Rock Art In Madhya Pradesh

Meenakshi Dubey-Pathak PrEsENT-DAy use of rock art sites for ceremonies by local traditional populations has become very rare. We have been fortunate to learn about such ongoing practices in the Pachmaṛhī and other areas in central India. Pachmaṛhī is a small town of 15,000 inhabitants, 211 km south of...

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