Bhimbetka Rock Shelters And Cave Paintings

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EXAMIVERSE

Key Features of Bhimbetka

  • 📍 Location: Raisen District, Madhya Pradesh
  • 🕰️ Time Span: ~100,000 BCE to medieval period
  • 🏞️ Geography: Sandstone rock formations in the Vindhyan hills
  • 🖌️ Art Periods Represented:
    • Paleolithic (early hunting scenes)
    • Mesolithic (microlithic tools, dynamic figures)
    • Chalcolithic (domestication, agriculture)
    • Early historic and medieval (religious motifs)