NEEKHERIA SHELTERS

(Basoda Tahsil - IN)
23.750000,78.000000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 27/04/2016

Twenty (20) »rock shelters« with rock art, that is to say paintings in white, red and yellow, depicting animals and humans in hunting postures (THAPAR, B K 1979) somewhere in the vicinity of a place called Neekheria (note 1) in Vidisha district.

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 27/04/2016

NOTE 1: »Neekheria« is not identified as it is not listed on nima.mil/geonames (accessed 16.11.2003) or in IMPERIAL GAZETTEER (1907-1909, 25: 407) and the India Road Atlas (Eicher Goodearth 2006 index) or shown on the India Road Atlas (Eicher Goodearth 2006: 54).

Documents

Bibliography 27/04/2016

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1973-1974: B K Narayan Vyas Sinha and M K Mahaswari »discovered« the Neekheria shelters (THAPAR, B K 1979). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 27/04/2016

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0UDAYAGIRI ROCK SHELTER, Vidisha
30.5NICHAIGIRI SILAVESMAN
31.3SHIVA, Udayagiri, Vidisha (Cave of)
31.3UDAYAGIRI CAVES, Vidisha, Videsha
37.7HAPSILI SHELTERS
37.7PAGARA SHELTERS
37.7PANDOW SHELTERS
37.7PATRICOTA SHELTERS
37.7PATHARIA SHELTERS