Bhimbethika is in Sanchi district. Bhimbethika is surrounded by the northern fringe of the Vindhyan ranges. The land is of dense forest and Rocky Mountains. Here nearly half of the thousand caves have paintings. The paintings have been sketched on the walls of the caves with natural white and red dyes. These caves are more than 12,000 years ago.
These paintings usually depict hunting, dancing, music, horse and elephant riders, animals fighting, honey collection, disguises, decoration of bodies, masking and household scenes, also paintings of tigers, lions, elephants, buffalos, deers etc.
These paintings can be classified in seven periods. Period I: Upper Paleolithic, Period II: Mesolithic, Period III Chaleolithic, Period IV & V: Early Historic, Period VI & VII: Medieval. |
