Different Types and Styles of Painting and Sculpting
Bhimbetka, in...
Question
Bhimbetka, in present-day Madhya Pradesh, is famous for?
A
Hosting prehistoric cave paintings
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B
Largest Buddha Bronze statues
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C
Monolithic temples
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D
None of the above
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Solution
The correct option is A Hosting prehistoric cave paintings Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site of the Palaeolithic period, exhibiting the earliest traces of human life in the Indian subcontinent, and thus the beginning of the Indian Stone Age. Some of the Stone Age rock paintings found among the Bhimbetka rock shelters are about 30,00030,000 years old. The caves also deliver early evidence of dance. They were declared a World Heritage Site in 20032003.