Palaeolithic Cave Paintings found in Aravalli
- Archaeologists have discovered cave paintings in Haryana that they believe belong to the Upper Palaeolithic age, which could potentially make them one of the oldest cave arts in the country.
- The caves are in the Aravalli mountain ranges, just outside the national capital, near the region’s only surviving patch of primary forest, a holy grove called Mangar Bani.
- Cave paintings comprising images of human figurines, animals, foliage, and geometric, some that have paled over time, but others that are still very visible.
- Most of the paintings are ochre, but some are white.
- Tools from the Palaeolithic Age have been identified earlier in parts of ....
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