Bhimbetka, India Tourism

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were made of colored earth, vegetable dyes, roots and animal fat.

The rock shelters and caves of Bhimbetka feature interesting paintings that vividly depict the way of life of people living in the caves and the natural environment around them. Massive sandstone outcrops contain five clusters of natural rock shelters.

The Zoo Rock Shelter is famous for the various animal paintings. Pictures of elephants, sambhar, bison and deer are found on one rock while a peacock, a snake, a deer and the sun are on another.

The oldest paintings are approximately 12,000 years old and feature large animals painted in white, as time goes on the paintings feature hunting tools, trade with other communities and tree gods.

Bhimbetaka was first discovered in 1888 and since then more than 700 similar shelters have been identified; 243 are in Bhimbetka group and 178 in Lakha Juar group.