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Write an essay on the prehistoric Rock painting

Answer» \tPrehistory: Time period in the past when there was no paper or the written word and hence no books or written accounts of events. Information about such an age is obtained from excavations which reveal paintings, pottery, habitat, etc.\tDrawings and paintings were the oldest form of artistic expression practised by humans. Reasons for such drawings: Either to decorate their homes or/and to keep a journal of events in their lives.\tLower and Middle Palaeolithic Periods have not shown any evidence of artworks so far. The Upper Palaeolithic Age shows a lot of artistic activities.\tEarliest paintings in India are from the Upper Palaeolithic Age.\tThe first discovery of rock paintings in the world was made in India by archaeologist Archibald Carlleyle in 1867 – 68 (in Sohagighat, Mirzapur District, Uttar Pradesh).\tRock paintings have been found in the walls of caves at Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Karnataka, some in the Kumaon Hills of Uttarakhand.\tPaintings at the rock shelters at\xa0Lakhudiyar\xa0on the banks of the Suyal River (Uttarakhand) –\t3 categories of paintings: man, animal and geometric patterns in black, white and red ochre.\tHumans in stick-like forms, a long-snouted animal, a fox, a multiple-legged lizard, wavy lines, groups of dots and rectangle-filled geometric designs, hand-linked dancing humans.\tPaintings in\xa0Kupgallu\xa0(Telangana),\xa0Piklihal\xa0and\xa0Tekkalkota\xa0(both in Karnataka)\tMostly in white and red ochre.\tSubjects are bulls, sambhars, elephants, sheep, gazelles, goats, horses, stylised humans and tridents.


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