miércoles, 12 de septiembre de 2012

India. International attention for Pachmarhi rock art

An international request egged the state directorate of archaeology, archives and museums to take up six rock art sites near the popular tourist spot of Pachmarhi for protection. The six rock shelters, deep in the forests around Pachmarhi in neighbouring Hoshangabad district, house drawings and paintings by early human beings and are about 10,000-years-old. The shelters fall in the Kamti, Pachamarhi and Bori forest ranges.

There are numerous other shelters housing rock art in the vicinity but these shelters attracted the attention of even international experts because of the beauty of the rock art.

It was actually the International Federation of Rock Art Organisations (IFRAO) that took up the matter of protection of these particular set of shelters with the state directorate after one of its (IFRAO) teams visited the shelters earlier this year.

“President of the federation Jean Clauttes wrote to us emphasising the importance of the shelters and seeking its protection and conservation after which we started the procedure of notifying the shelters,” commissioner of archaeology, archives and museums Pankaj Rag said.

The first notification for protection of the rock shelters was issued by directorate in May this year and the final notification is expected any day now, the commissioner said [...]

Hindustan Times

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