An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.25
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.25
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Most of the rock-shelters at Adamgarh as well as those situated on the BHIMBETKA hills on the n. bank of the Narmada lying not far from Hoshangabad, as also those from PACHMARHI, Mirzapur, etc., in the Vindhyan region, possess rock paintings made in red, dark brown and white colours. Although no direct evidence of the antiquity of these paintings has been found in the excavation a systematic study of the paintings—style, depicted objects, superpositions, etc.—has been recently carried out by Wakankar (Wakankar and Brooks, 1976). According to him only a few paintings belong to the Mesolithic phase while the rest are of Chalcolithic [4.14], early historical [4.18] and medieval periods.