Bhimbetka Caves

India / Madhya Pradesh / Budhni /

cave / cave(s), petroglyph, archaeological site, buddhist temple

The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in India; a number of analyses suggest that at least some of these shelters were inhabited by man for in excess of 100,000 years. Some of the Stone Age rock paintings found among the Bhimbetka rock shelters are approximately 9,000 years old.
The word Bhimbetka is said to derive from Bhima-baithka, meaning ‘sitting place of Bhima’, associated with the mythological figure, Bhima, from the epic Mahabharata
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www.world-heritage-tour.org/asia/south-asia/india/bhimb...

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhimbetka_rock_shelters

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Coordinates: 22°56'18"N 77°36'44"E

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In 2008, Gunwant Joshi (Wikimapia user) said: This is the prehistoric rock art site. It is recently declared as a world heritage site. The site was first discovered and studied by famous Archeologist and Indologist Padmashri Dr. Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar (alias Haribhau Wakankar) way back in 1956, who meticulously copied down all the painted rock art with the help of his art schools students. These numerous paper roles were first shown at an Archeologist's conference at France and then in USA. The value of these rock paintings was recognised much later in 70s, when the archeologists and rock art enthusiasts started visiting this remotely placed site from world over. The Government of Madhya Pradesh state has recently published Dr. Wakankar's study on "Painted Rock Shelters of India". Dr. Wakankar's other important archeological finds are pre-harrapan sites of Kaytha and Dangewada (in Madhya Pradesh) and the study on famous Vedic River Saraswati. He has written more than 250 research papers and several books on Pre & Protohistory of India, besides his famous book on Rock art of Bhimbetka, together with an australian rock art critic, Dr Lothar Wanke.

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