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BHIMBETKA ROCK SHELTERS

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BHIMBETKA ROCK SHELTERS

LOCATION:- RAISEN DISTRICT ,MADHYA PRADESH,INDIA
AREA:-1893 ha
DISCOVERED :-1957
UNESCO SITE :-2003

TASK:-
Part 1: Early Stone Architectures
Part 2: Material Chemistry
Part 3: Recovery/Recycling/Preservation

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Part 1: Early Stone Architectures

PICTOGRAMS
• Bhimbetka is like a gigantic open air art gallery with
pictures.
• Out of the 700 , nearly 400 have paintings.
• Most belong to the stone age (mesolithic phase)
10,000 years old.

A hunting scene is superimposed upon earlier images most visited. known as “Zoo Rock” because of the
belonging to different periods and styles. abundance of animal representations

A tree with a bird sitting at top left has

been painted in white
Battle Scenes abound at Bhimbetka, Jungle fowl and symbols painted in white

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Part 1: Early Stone Architectures

PICTOGRAMS

A pair of peacocks. Soldiers and horse rider accompanied by drummers Historic warriors and riders with different kinds of weapons.

Early Period dancers in red

Auditorium Rock, with an outlined hand and animals.

KUMARI KRITI {5050237} Later Period dancers in white.
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Part 1: Early Stone Architectures

PICTOGRAMS

Neolithic/Chalcolithic. Panel with numerous white animal

A few of the wild buffaloes on the run in Shelter Two Historic warriors are represented inside a shelter figure “Zoo Rock”

A mythical boar with horns seems to be chasing a

human preceded by a crab
Green paintings, like these dancers superimposed on older red A famous Historic Period panel on top of a small shelter includes
figures have been ascribed to the end of the Palaeolithic.
KUMARI KRITI {5050237} soldiers, dancers and various animals
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Part 2: Material Chemistry

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS – SANDSTONE

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Part 3: Recovery/Recycling/Preservation
Management and Conservation

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