RAMGARHA ROCK SHELTERS, Sagar

(Deori Tahsil - IN)
23.583300,78.866700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Eight painted rock shelters (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1979-80 / 1983: 49). SITUATION: At a hillock near Ramgarha, 28 km south-east of Sagar [23°50'N: 78°45'E] (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1979-80 / 1983: 49). CAVE POTENTIAL -- geology: Saugor District … lying between 23° 9' and 24°27' N. and 78°4' and 78° 22' E. The greater part of the district is covered by Deccan trap; but there are two great inliers of Vindhyan sandstone, one to the north running down nearly as far as Saugor, and the other to the east extending from near Garhakota [23°46'N: 79°09'E] to beyond Surkhi [23°38'N: 78°49'E]. To the east or south-east of Saugor the infra-trappean or Lameta limestone is largly developed. Calcareous infra-trappean bands with fossilized shells and plants also occur largely near Saugor (IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909, 22: 137). CULTURAL HISTORY -- rock art: The paintings show scvenes of horse riders, elephant riders and soldiers fighting with swords and shieds in white and red (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1979-80 / 1983: 49).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1979-80 / 1983.

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1979 - 1980: Shri Vijay Singh, research scholar in the Department of Archaeology, University of Poona, … discovered the following rock-shelters … ArmoriBedwaraChitauliKartaRamgarhaRangir … (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1979-80 / 1983: 49). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
5.7RANGIR CAVE TEMPLE
5.7RANGIR ROCK SHELTERS
14.0KARTA ROCK SHELTER
26.7BEDWARA ROCK SHELTERS
27.7Abchand Shelters
30.8SAGAR SHELTERS
34.5AMORI ROCK SHELTERS, Sagar
44.5CHITAULI ROCK SHELTER
95.1FATEHPUR SHELTERS