Bhimbetka…..130 rock shelters….Biggest
repository of prehistoric art in India. Continuous habitation
from the Early Stone Age…." One of the earliest
dwellings of human beings, Bhimbetka will take you back
to the history 35000 years old. In fact, the place has
witnessed a cultural sequences right from the late stone
age to the early historic period. The pre historic caves
which are in true sense "the portal to the ancient
gallery of Bhimbetka" preserves some fascinating
paintings dating back to Paleolithic times
They had lived here for one hundred millennium and had
created their own stone floors, left behind hand-axes,
cleavers, scrapers to remove flesh and fat from the
skin of slaughter animals and tiny needles made from
hard quartz in all its sharp and colorful forms. Also
stone hand mills for grinding grain and nuts and the
colourred earth called "Ochers".
Over these caves the Stone Age artists painted their
hopes and fears, weaving an enchantment that still ensnares
us. These specimen, display great vitality and narrative
skill. One sees on the weather worn walls, rhinoceros,
elephants, horses, as well as domestic animals. There
are scenes of domestic bliss-a women with a child or
performing household chores, and documentation of a
hunt, raid during warfare. One cannot remain immune
to the excitement that slowly builds up- a memorable
moment in time when our ancestors were taking the leap
from animal to human existence-groping cautiously to
achieve social organization. Experimenting with community
life.
To really experience the journey back to Stone Age Man
one should move around the place gently and examine
minutely the whole surroundings because each boulder
and every overhanging rock speaks of the magical history.
Barkhera 7 km from Bhimbetka, One
of the richest open air Stone Age sites in South Asia.
There are thousands of Acheulian tools scattered in
the thick teak forest, and fields on the other side
of the road. Barkhera was a large camp site of the final
Acheulian hunter-gathers.
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