Question

Other than Bhimbetka, which are the other major sites where these prehistoric paintings have been found? Prepare a report on different aspects of these paintings with pictures or line drawings.

Answer 1

Answer:

Some of the examples of sites early rock paintings are Lakhudiyar in Uttarakhand, Kupgallu in Telangana, Piklihal and Tekkalkotta in Karnataka, Bhimbetka and Jogimara in Madhya Pradesh etc. Paintings found here can be divided into three categories: Man, Animal, and Geometric symbols.

Answer 2

There are two significant locales of brilliant ancient artworks in India:

• Bhimbetka Caves at the Foothills of Vindhya, Madhya Pradesh
• Jogimara caves in Chattisgarh

The Jogimara Caves -

• The Jogimara cave is around 15 feet by 12 feet and has an inside level of slightly more than 6 feet. This is likewise a characteristic cavern, adjusted and etched to permit one to climb, step in, sit and rest, as per an archeological overview by Beglar in 1874. There were no external seats or different elements etched in this cavern.
• The cavern has engravings. As per Richard Salomon - a researcher of Indian epigraphy, Sanskrit, and Buddhist examinations, a paleographic investigation of these engravings in the unadulterated Magadhi language proposes that they are from the third century BCE.
• These are "uncommon for their language and content". One more elaborate element in these engravings is the utilization of a straight line as a punctuation mark (vertical line, as in "|" or "||"), a component that keeps on being utilized in numerous Indian dialects to stamp the finish of a sentence or stanza.
• The Jogimara cave has a five-line engraving, likewise in Brahmi script and Magadhi language (a Prakrit language more established than Pali, and connected with Bhojpuri and Maithili dialects of India).
• The engraving is tracked down on the southern side after the entry to the cavern, underneath the painted wall paintings on the roof.
• This engraving is mostly lost and letters of certain words are disintegrated. To interpret it, the words should be finished with reasonable insertions.
• There are eight boards of wall paintings in Jogimara cave, most are severely blurred. They were initially created in three tones and cruder strategy than those found shown in the earliest referred to Indian texts on painting like the Chitrasutras and Chitralakshana.
• The first canvases were repainted by somebody to reestablish and improve them. This work probably occurred in the final part of the first thousand years CE.

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