An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c18.s6.1

v1.c18.s6.1

Correlating the various individual superimpositions from different sites as many as 16 layers of paintings can be distinguished. On the basis of their subject matter and style they can be grouped into nine phases, A to I, and three broad periods—the prehistoric, transitional and historical. Phases A to E belong to the prehistoric period, phase F to the Transitional and phases G to I to the historical period. It must, however, be pointed out that since we are dealing with material which is on the surface and only a part of it can be called 'stratified' there is a strong element of subjective judgement in the demarcation of phases and styles, and no two workers fully agree on this subject.