Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c6.43
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c6.43
- Language
- English
c6.43
ROCK ENGRAVINGS—Whereas paintings are found in rock-shelters, engravings appear on smooth rock surfaces open to rain and weather. They are more widely distributed than the paintings. A number of rock engravings have come to light on the middle Indus, some 6 miles south of Attock in localities named Mandori, Gandab and Ghariala, showing human and animal figurines, depicting riding horses, camels and elephants engaged in warfare and men armed with weapon. At Sambalpur in Orissa, Raichur in Hyderabad, and at Bellary, groups of rock engravings have been found. Most of these engravings are nothing better than bruisings.