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From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com

India's oldest art gallery dates back to the Stone Age

The paintings at Bhimbetka, made with vegetable dye, date
back 30,000 years

[Caption] A walk through Bhimbetka is like a crash course
in history. Photo: Harnoor Channi-Tiwary

By Harnoor Channi-Tiwary
Livemint, livemint.com
Saturdy, October 28, 2017

Which is the oldest monument or site you have visited?

The Taj Mahal? It's 364 years old.

How about the Golden Temple? 413 years old. 445-year-old
Macha Pichu? Or the intricate stone temples of Khajuraho?
They're a thousand years old.

Let's go as far back as Harappa and Mohenjodaro, both of
which thrived around 5,000 years ago, as did the Egyptian
pyramids of Giza. Can you think of any site older than
that?

Now, what if I told you that there was a site, in the
heart of our country, that was inhabited by humans
100,000 years ago? You read that right: 100,000 years
ago.

In fact, it exhibits the earliest signs of human life on
the Indian Subcontinent—the first signs of humans in
India.

When I heard about Bhimbetka, I thought it was a rumour.
At best, there would be an exaggeration about the era.
Were there really signs of the Stone Age here in India?
Memories of my history books came flashing by, with
pictures of caves with stencilled drawings of matchstick
men.

In all this time, I never knew that such a treasure was
lying right under our nose. I immediately booked my
tickets to Bhopal to see it for myself.

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http://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/n8XxRC6GOkJ58rRj8ZS8GL/Indias-oldest-art-gallery-dates-back-to-the-Stone-Age.html

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti

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