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Bhimbetka rock shelters

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The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site in central India that spans the prehistoric paleolithic and mesolithic periods, as well as the historic period. [1]

78 relations: Ambadevi rock shelters, Arts and entertainment in India, Barkheda, Raisen, Bhopal, Cave painting, Cave paintings in India, Cave research in India, Chirand, Cholapandiyapuram, Cultural depictions of the dog, Cupstone, Dance, Dance in India, Dance in mythology and religion, Economy of Madhya Pradesh, Edakkal Caves, Hinduism, History of Asian art, History of dance, History of graphic design, History of Hinduism, History of India, History of Madhya Pradesh, History of Myanmar, History of painting, Index of India-related articles, India, Indian art, Indian boar, Indian painting, Indian religions, Indian rock-cut architecture, Kadapa district, Kilvalai, Kupgal petroglyphs, List of archaeological sites by continent and age, List of archaeological sites by country, List of caves, List of Monuments of National Importance in Madhya Pradesh/East, List of rock-cut temples in India, List of Stone Age art, List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription, List of World Heritage Sites in India, List of World Heritage Sites in Southern Asia, Madhya Pradesh, Mandideep, Mesolithic, Music of India, Narmada River, North India, ..., Obedullaganj, Outline of prehistoric technology, Pahargarh caves, Petroglyph, Prehistoric art, Prehistoric technology, Raisen district, Ratapani Tiger Reserve, Religion in India, Rock art, Sachida Nagdev, Sanghao Cave, Shiva, South Asia, South Asian Stone Age, Stone Age, Timeline of human prehistory, Timeline of Indian history, Timeline of South Asian history, Tourism in India by state, Tourism in Madhya Pradesh, V. N. Misra, V. S. Wakankar, Vindhya Range, Warli, Western painting, Wild boar, Yashodhar Mathpal. Expand index (28 more) »

Ambadevi rock shelters

The Ambadevi Rock Shelters are an archaeological site exhibiting the earliest traces of human life in the central province of the Indian subcontinent.

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Arts and entertainment in India

Arts and entertainment in India have had their course shaped by a synthesis of indigenous and foreign influences that have consequently shaped the course of the arts of the rest of Asia, since ancient times.

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Barkheda, Raisen

Barkheda is a village in the Obedullaganj block of the Raisen District of Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Bhopal

Bhopal is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Bhopal district and Bhopal division.

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Cave painting

Cave paintings, also known as parietal art, are painted drawings on cave walls or ceilings, mainly of prehistoric origin, beginning roughly 40,000 years ago (around 38,000 BCE) in Eurasia.

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Cave paintings in India

Almost all early painting in India survives in caves, as very few buildings from Ancient India survive, and though these were probably often painted, the work has been lost.

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Cave research in India

Cave research, encompassing the study of speleology and biospeleology, is still in its infancy in India.

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Chirand

Chirand is a archaeological site in the Saran district of Bihar, India, situated on the northern bank of the Ganga River.

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Cholapandiyapuram

Cholapandiyapuram or Cholavandipuram or Cholapandipuram is a 1 sq.

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Cultural depictions of the dog

Cultural depictions of dogs extend back thousands of years to when dogs were portrayed on the walls of caves.

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Cupstone

Variously known as cupstones, "anvil stones," "pitted cobbles" and "nutting stones," among other names, these roughly discoidal or amorphous groundstone artifacts are among the most common lithic remains of Native American culture, especially in the Midwest, in Early Archaic contexts.

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Dance

Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement.

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Dance in India

Dance in India comprises numerous styles of dances, generally classified as classical or folk.

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Dance in mythology and religion

Dance is present in mythology and religion globally.

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Economy of Madhya Pradesh

The economy of Madhya Pradesh grew at 12% GDP for annual year 2011–12.

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Edakkal Caves

Edakkal Caves (Malayalam: ഇടക്കൽ ഗുഹകൾ) are two natural caves at a remote location at Edakkal, from Kalpetta in the Wayanad district of Kerala in India's Western Ghats.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.

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History of Asian art

The history of Asian art or Eastern art, includes a vast range of influences from various cultures and religions.

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History of dance

The history of dance is difficult to access because dance does not often leave behind clearly identifiable physical artifacts that last over millennia, such as stone tools, hunting implements or cave paintings.

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History of graphic design

Graphics (from Greek γραφικός, graphikos) are visual statements committed to a surface, such as a wall, a canvas, pottery, a computer screen, paper, stone, even to the landscape itself.

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History of Hinduism

History of Hinduism denotes a wide variety of related religious traditions native to the Indian subcontinent notably in modern-day Nepal and India.

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History of India

The history of India includes the prehistoric settlements and societies in the Indian subcontinent; the advancement of civilisation from the Indus Valley Civilisation to the eventual blending of the Indo-Aryan culture to form the Vedic Civilisation; the rise of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism;Sanderson, Alexis (2009), "The Śaiva Age: The Rise and Dominance of Śaivism during the Early Medieval Period." In: Genesis and Development of Tantrism, edited by Shingo Einoo, Tokyo: Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, 2009.

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History of Madhya Pradesh

The history of the Indian state Madhya Pradesh is divided into three periods.

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History of Myanmar

The history of Myanmar (also known as Burma) covers the period from the time of first-known human settlements 13,000 years ago to the present day.

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History of painting

The history of painting reaches back in time to artifacts from pre-historic humans, and spans all cultures.

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Index of India-related articles

Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to India or Indian culture include: List of India-related topics People are listed by their first names.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian art

Indian Arts consists of a variety of art forms, including plastic arts (e.g., pottery sculpture), visual arts (e.g., paintings), and textile arts (e.g., woven silk).

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Indian boar

The Indian boar (Sus scrofa cristatus), also known as the Andamanese pig or Moupin pigLydekker, R. (1900),, London: R. Ward, pp.

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Indian painting

Indian painting has a very long tradition and history in Indian art.

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Indian religions

Indian religions, sometimes also termed as Dharmic faiths or religions, are the religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent; namely Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism.

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Indian rock-cut architecture

Indian rock-cut architecture is more various and found in greater abundance than any other form of rock-cut architecture around the world.

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Kadapa district

Kadapa district is said to be the heart of the Rayalaseema as it is centrally located and well connected with the 4 districts of Rayalaseema.

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Kilvalai

Kilvalai or Kizhvalai, is a hamlet in Tirukkoyilur (திருக்கோயிலூர்) taluk in Villuppuram (விழுப்புரம்) district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Kupgal petroglyphs

The Kupgal petroglyphs are works of rock art found at Kupgal in Bellary district of Karnataka, India.

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List of archaeological sites by continent and age

This list of archaeological sites is sorted by continent and then by the age of the site.

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List of archaeological sites by country

This is a list of notable archaeological sites sorted by country and territories.

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List of caves

This is a list of caves of the world, sorted by continent and then country.

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List of Monuments of National Importance in Madhya Pradesh/East

The following structures in eastern Madhya Pradesh have been designated as Monuments of National Importance by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

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List of rock-cut temples in India

This is a partial list of Indian rock-cut temples by state or union territory.

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List of Stone Age art

This is a descriptive list of art from the Stone Age, the period of prehistory characterised by the widespread use of stone tools.

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List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription

This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription.

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List of World Heritage Sites in India

This articles lists '''World Heritage Sites''' located in India, as designated by UNESCO.

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List of World Heritage Sites in Southern Asia

The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 59 World Heritage Sites in six countries (also called "state parties") of Southern Asia: Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

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Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh (MP;; meaning Central Province) is a state in central India.

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Mandideep

Mandideep is a town with municipality in Goharganj sub-district of Raisen district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

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Mesolithic

In Old World archaeology, Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, mesos "middle"; λίθος, lithos "stone") is the period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic.

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Music of India

The music of India includes multiple varieties of classical music, folk music, filmi, Indian rock and Indian pop.

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Narmada River

The Narmada, also called the Rewa and previously also known as Nerbudda,even Shankari, is a river in central India and the sixth longest river in the Indian subcontinent.

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North India

North India is a loosely defined region consisting of the northern part of India.

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Obedullaganj

Obedullaganj is a town and a nagar panchayat in Raisen district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

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Outline of prehistoric technology

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to prehistoric technology.

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Pahargarh caves

The Pahargarh caves are a cave complex containing prehistoric paintings in Madhya Pradesh, India, near the village of Pahargarh.

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Petroglyph

Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art.

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Prehistoric art

In the history of art, prehistoric art is all art produced in preliterate, prehistorical cultures beginning somewhere in very late geological history, and generally continuing until that culture either develops writing or other methods of record-keeping, or makes significant contact with another culture that has, and that makes some record of major historical events.

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Prehistoric technology

Prehistoric technology is technology that predates recorded history.

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Raisen district

Raisen District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state of India.

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Ratapani Tiger Reserve

The Ratapani Tiger Reserve, located in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh, in Vindhya Range in central India, is one of the finest teak forests in the state and is less than 50 km.

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Religion in India

Religion in India is characterised by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices.

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Rock art

In archaeology, rock art is human-made markings placed on natural stone; it is largely synonymous with parietal art.

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Sachida Nagdev

Sachida Nagdev (25 October 1939 – 29 May 2017) was an Indian painter based in central Indian town of Bhopal.

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Sanghao Cave

Sanghao Cave is a Paleolithic site, located near the village of Sanghao, northeast of Mardan, Pakistan that was excavated by Ahmad Hasan Dani.

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Shiva

Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव, IAST: Śiva, lit. the auspicious one) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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South Asia

South Asia or Southern Asia (also known as the Indian subcontinent) is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan SAARC countries and, for some authorities, adjoining countries to the west and east.

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South Asian Stone Age

The South Asian Stone Age covers the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods in South Asia.

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Stone Age

The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make implements with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface.

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Timeline of human prehistory

This timeline of human prehistory comprises the time from the first appearance of Homo sapiens in Africa 300,000 years ago to the invention of writing and the beginning of historiography, after 5,000 years ago.

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Timeline of Indian history

This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states.

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Timeline of South Asian history

Below is a timeline of South Asian history.

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Tourism in India by state

Tourism in India is economically important and is growing rapidly.

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Tourism in Madhya Pradesh

Tourism in Madhya Pradesh has been an attraction of India because of its location in the centre of the country.

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V. N. Misra

Virendra Nath Misra (January 9, 1935- 31 October 2015) was an Indian archaeologist.

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V. S. Wakankar

Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar (4 May 1919 – 3 April 1988) was an Indian archeologist.

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Vindhya Range

The Vindhya Range(also known as Vindhyachal)() is a complex, discontinuous chain of mountain ridges, hill ranges, highlands and plateau escarpments in west-central India.

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Warli

The Warlis or Varlis are an indigenous tribe or Adivasis, living in mountainous as well as coastal areas of Maharashtra-Gujarat border and surrounding areas.

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Western painting

The history of Western painting represents a continuous, though disrupted, tradition from antiquity until the present time.

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Wild boar

The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine,Heptner, V. G.; Nasimovich, A. A.; Bannikov, A. G.; Hoffman, R. S. (1988), Volume I, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation, pp.

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Yashodhar Mathpal

Yashodhar Mathpal (born 1939) is an Indian archaeologist, painter, curator, Gandhian and Rock art conservationist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhimbetka_rock_shelters

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