Where are the Other Famous Paleolithic Cave Paintings Located?
Other very old caves containing Stone Age cave art are found in central India, South Africa, Australia, Namibia, Argentina and South-East Asia, among other locations around the world. Stone Age Cave Art in India The Auditorium and Daraki-Chattan Caves in Madhya Pradesh, Central India, have recently been discovered to contain the world’s oldest known art, in the form of engravings (petroglyphs) incised on hard quartzite. For details and photos, see: Bhimbetka Petroglyphs and Daraki-Chattan Cave Art. Another important site of Stone Age art in India is the Bhimbetka Rock Shelters, a UN World Heritage Site which was known to Indian archeologists as early as 1888. Located in the district of Madhya Pradesh south of Bhopal at the edge of the Vindhyachal hills, this site contains the earliest traces of human life in India, although its rock art is only about 9,000 years old. Featuring a host of different scenes (eg. hunting, dancing, horse riding, elephant riders, animal fights, domestic scene
