A History of Agriculture in India v1.c13.s2.3
A History of Agriculture in India v1.c13.s2.3
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The most exciting discoveries of the Stone Age paintings are from Madhya Pradesh, and the scholar who discovered them is V. S. Wakankar. A group of fantastic rocks on the northern fringe of the Vindhyas facing the plains of Malwa could be seen from Obaidullaganj, about 42 kilometres from Bhopal, in the Raisen District of Madhya Pradesh. They are called Bhimbetaka, or the seat of Bhima (Fig. 37). Wakankar first saw them in 1957, but started the study of their paitings and stone tools in 1972. There are 754 rock-shelters, out of which more than 500 have paintings. Apart from Bhimbetaka, there are cave paintings at Bhopal, Jaora, Raisen, Kharwai, Narwar, Chhoti-Badi Dant, Pachmarhi, and Modi in the Mandsaur District, in Madhya Pradesh.