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Bhimbetka rock shelters

Also known as Auditorium cave, Muni Babaki Pahari, Jhondra Pahari, Lakha Juar, Vinayaka Pahari, Bhonrawali shelters, Pre – historic rock shelters

30,000+ years old archaeological World Heritage site in Madhya Pradesh, India

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Bhimbetka rock shelters are ancient caves and overhanging rock formations in central India that contain some of the world's oldest known rock paintings, dating back over 30,000 years. The site, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, provides crucial evidence of early human settlement and artistic expression in the Indian subcontinent.

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The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site in central India that spans the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods, as well as the historic period. It exhibits the earliest traces of human life in India and evidence of the Stone Age starting at the site in Acheulean times. It is located in the Raisen district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, about 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-east of Bhopal. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that consists of seven hills and over 750 rock shelters distributed over 10 km (6.2 mi). At least some of the shelters were inhabited more than 100,000 years ago.

The rock shelters and caves provide evidence of human settlement and the cultural evolution from hunter-gatherers to agriculture, and expressions of prehistoric spirituality.