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Bhimbetka

The Art of Rock Paintings

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IDC, IIT Bombay

Rock Shelter 2

This shelter is known as Auditorium cave due to its form. The cave is 39 meters long, 4 meters wide and 17 meters high at the western end. The composition shows attractive illustrations of bulls, buffaloes, deer, antelopes, a peacock, a tiger, and an unfinished basket like object depicted over faded lines. It also displays a left hand print of a child, which is the only example of a hand shown in outline. A number of various other human and animal figures are depicted in line drawings. The cave has a number of cupules depressions on stone, associated with Lower Paleolithic period.

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