Reel Name: Bhimabetaka VIIIReel Notes: Cave No. C/13 Line drawings- hunters, wild animals, map of the rock shelters of MP & IndiaDate of Exposure: April 3, 1977
Detail from cave painting, Bhimbetka
Point to ponder: The deer conceiving an elephant shows extraordinary imagination of the artist. Or was it his ignorance?
Prehistoric Cave Painting, Central India
Rephographed from an exhibit from the Tribal Museum Chindwara
A.Carlyne and J. Cockburn first discovered the rock paintings in India in the year 1880.
Source: Chindwara Museum, Madhya Pradesh
Graphic showing timeline of cave paintings found in India
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