Rock art that dates back 10000 years - Bhimbetka (M.P)
What can match the joy of discovering things of different era. A time, place, aesthetic, you know nothing about. Stories etched in stone paintings that tell you about the people of a long gone era, their life, their times and that is historical gem called Bhimbetka located in state of Madhya Pradesh. Bhimbetka group of rock shelters located close to 45 kms of Bhopal in Vindhya mountain range amidst the Ratapani wildlife sanctuary exhibit the earliest traces of human life in India, number of these analysis suggest that at least few of these shelters were inhabited for over 10000 years ago. Home to the most gorgeous rock painting,. There are over 750 rock shelters in this region and guess what !! 500 of them are adorned with rock paintings. The site remained a center of human activities right from lower Paleolithic times up to medieval period. The subject of the paintings depict day to day activities of ancient man, human figures, animals, communal gatherings and dances, warfare etc.Ther...