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India -
Rock
Shelters of Bhimbetka
(2003) |
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 The
Bhimbetka
rock
shelters
compose
an
archaeological
site
and
World
Heritage
Site
located
in
Raisen
District
in
the
Indian
state
of
Madhya
Pradesh.
The
Bhimbetka
shelters
exhibit
the
earliest
traces
of
human
life
in
India;
its
Stone
Age
rock
paintings
are
approximately
9,000
years
old. |
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The
name
Bhimbetika
comes
from
the
mythological
association
of
the
place
with
Bhima,
one
of
the
Pandavas,
the
five
sons
of
king
Pandu
and
the
queens
Kunti
and
Madri
in
the
Hindu
epic
Mahabharata. |
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