Rock Art in the Aihole-Badami-kutakanakeri Series of the Malaprabha River Basin: Some Distinctive Features
Author(s) -
R. Mohana
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ancient asia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.17
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2042-5937
DOI - 10.5334/aa.151
Subject(s) - rock art , structural basin , series (stratigraphy) , geology , painting , archaeology , rhombus , paleontology , geography , art , art history , geometry , mathematics
The present author explored and studied 32 rock art sites, in Kaladgi basin, North Karnataka, among them 19 of which 67 localities are new discoveries in the Aihole-Badami-Kutakanakeri Series. This paper reviews of rock art of the series, a potential area of the Malaprabha river basin. The rock art includes both petroglyphs and pictograms in the form of cupules, geometrical lines, rhombus, human figures, historical paintings and many other motifs.
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