A History of Agriculture in India v1.c13.s2.14

v1.c13.s2.14

Wakankar published a group of paintings from Bhimbetaka which depict the activities and the social life of these hunters and food-gatherers. Two paintings depict love-making. Another shows a pregnant woman, and yet another the birth of a child, who is depicted between the legs of the mother. There is a charming group of children frolicking. There are Fig. 41. Mesolithic painting from a cave-shelter at Bhimbetaka. Herds of *cheetal*, wild buffaloes and cattle are shown Fig. 47. African birds and animals in Mesolithic cave-paintings from Madhya Pradesh: top, a giraffe Bhimbetaka; middle, ostriches, Bazar Cave, Pachmarhi; bottom, giraffes, Adamgarh cave-shelter, near Hoshangabad