PUTLI KA DATA SHELTERS
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Description
Four rock shelters with cave paintings (rock art) reported MATHUR (1953: 96-97) as one of two clusters of rock shelters (note 1). Compare –>Ponr ka Data, the Ponr ka Dota of GOSH (1956: 69). SITUATION: The two clusters are about »half a mile« (about 800 m) apart from each other but both lie on the northern face of a Vindhyan (Semri) Sandstone outcropping on the summit of a 500 m high hill (note 2) that lies at an unspecified distance south-east of a Deora village (note 3) in the Bijawar area of Chhatarpur district (note 4) in what once had been the »Vindhya Pradesh.« CAVE DESCRIPTION (MATHUR 1953: 96-97): »The shelters are formed mainly of rock ledges with overhanging roofs. There are some cave-like shelters also, but they are not deep.« CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art: The mostly red and ocassionally white paintings depict humans in action, dear, bullocks, horses or mules, dogs (?), a fish and a bird. Compare –>Ponr ka Dota shelters.
NOTE 1: There are several rock shelters in the area, but rock art (paintings) have been found in only six of them. Four of the painted shelters lie in the western group which is locally called Ponr-ka-Data (the Ponr-ka-Dota of GHOSH 1956: 69) and the other, the eastern group of two rock shelters »Putli-ka-Data« (MATHUR 1953: 96) or »Putri-ka-Dota« (GHOSH 1956: 69). NOTE 2: Neither MATHUR (1953) nor GOSH (1956) risk caring to mention the name of this hill. Survey of India sheet 54-P/10 (edition 1977) shows south-east of Deora (Bijawar) one Muhar Pahar at N24° 34'30': E079°40'30": 529 m asl and a Changwa Pahar at N24° 33'45': E079°38'15": 489 m asl. NOTE 3: Deora N24° 35'15': E079°39'00": 337 m asl (Survey of India sheet 54-P/10 edition 1977) in Bijawar tahsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh (till 1956 A.D. Vindhya Pradesh). NOTE 4: GOSH (1956: 69) place the »Ponr-ka-Dota« shelters near a Deora in Sagar district.
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | PONR KA DATA SHELTERS | ||
| 10.1 | JATASHANKAR, Bijawar | ||
| 13.1 | BIJAWAR CAVE DWELLING (aa -) | ||
| 25.3 | KUWA PAHAR, Bijawar | ||
| 30.9 | BHARWANI CAVE | ||
| 31.2 | RANIKHERA CAVE 1 | ||
| 31.2 | RANIKHERA CAVE 2 | ||
| 31.2 | RANIKHERA CAVE 3 | ||
| 31.2 | PUKHARIA CAVE |