[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c42.12 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.12 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.12 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c42.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.12) In 1940 the writer visited all the Pachmarhi shelters known to Gordon and discovered two additional important ones named by him Bania Beri (which is in a reality a cave) after the nearest locality, and Dhuandhar near a waterfall, which is very rich in superimposed paintings. In the Bania Beri cave, among other subjects in depicted a large cross around which is a group of men, most of them holding in their hands what may be raised umbrellas. The cross may be a primitive or conventionalized \*svastika\*. One of the cows appearing below the cross has her belly cut open to reveal a calf in a crouching position inside. In the same cave there is another painted cross composed of small triangles which look like having been made out of a stencil (Lal, 1950). Another example of stencil work had been found by Gordon, 1939a, at Kabra Pahar in Dt Raigarh. - [Previous: v2.c42.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.11) - [Next: v2.c42.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.13) - [Up: v2.c42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.12) · Pramāṇa