Art, Sculpture & Rock Art
Bhimbetka rock shelters
paintings from ~10,000 BCE; occupation far olderPalaeolithic-Mesolithic artistsBhimbetka (Madhya Pradesh)Madhya Pradesh
10,000 BCE
Hundreds of shelters with prehistoric paintings of animals, hunts and dances - among the oldest art in India.
- Dated
- 10,000 BCE
- As scholars put it
- paintings from ~10,000 BCE; occupation far older
- Originator
- Palaeolithic-Mesolithic artists
- Source text
- Bhimbetka (Madhya Pradesh)
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Discipline
- Art, Sculpture & Rock Art
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Verified-web
Meanwhile in the West
Among the world's great concentrations of rock art (with Europe, Africa, Australia).
Fair to say
Individual painting ages vary widely; the very oldest layers are hard to date precisely.
Path to modern innovation
A UNESCO-listed window into prehistoric imagination.
Transmission
Continuous use from the Acheulean to historic times.
References
- 1V. Wakankar
- 2UNESCO
- 3Britannica
Further reading
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