Recent Discoveries in Rock Art in Vidharba and Adjoining Areas
Speaker: Dr. Nandini Bhattacharya-Sahu, Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India, Nagpur
Chair: Dr. M. Nambirajan, Director (Monuments), Archaeological Survey of India
 
Recent discovery of two hundred and forty seven decorated rock shelters in the Gawilgarh Hills, falling under the revenue jurisdiction of Betul district, Madhya Pradesh in the Satpura range on the border of Amravati district of Maharashtra, by a team comprising members from the Archaeological Survey of India, Nagpur emphasises  two aspects of rock art studies in India: firstly, the hitherto unknown alcove existing in the intensely researched Central Indian Plateau which remained unknown as late as the twenty first century to be uncovered and secondly, the profusion of hitherto lesser known aspect of Indian rock art namely, petroglyphs inside these rock shelters.