KRAKERI ROCK CAVES

(Semaria Tahsil - IN)
24.900000,81.216700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A number of 400 unspecified rock caves (Strobel, Ch 2002.10.29 Mss), which probably represent rock shelters in white sandstone (Strobel, Ch 2002.10.29 Mss), are said to contain red paintings (rock art) depicting human dancing and riding on animals (note 1). SITUATION: At a number of 400 unspecified locations somewhere in the vicinity of Kakreri, a village marked near 24°54'N: 81°13'N: 310 m asl on AMS sheet NG44-15 Rewa (U502 series, 1959 edition) and at a linear distance of 17 kmor 18 km approximately south-east from Manikpur (note 2) in an area where the Indian Union states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are intertwined along a winding border on the Panna Hills at the northern scarp of the Vindhyan Range of hills.A number of 400 unspecified rock caves (Strobel, Ch 2002.10.29 Mss), which probably represent rock shelters in white sandstone (Strobel, Ch 2002.10.29 Mss), are said to contain red paintings (rock art) depicting human dancing and riding on animals (note 1). SITUATION: At a number of 400 unspecified locations somewhere in the vicinity of Kakreri, a village marked near 24°54'N: 81°13'N: 310 m asl on AMS sheet NG44-15 Rewa (U502 series, 1959 edition) and at a linear distance of 17 kmor 18 km approximately south-east from Manikpur (note 2) in an area where the Indian Union states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are intertwined along a winding border on the Panna Hills at the northern scarp of the Vindhyan Range of hills.

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: SILBERRAD, C A (1907) had reported several rock shelters containing rock art from this area but the discovery of the Krakeri Rock Caves on a Tuesday (probably in late October 2002) was ascribed by Tiwari, L K (Achaeological Survey of India) to the policeman named Vijay Kumar (note 3). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
3.8KALYANPUR SHELTER
5.4KURIA KUND
17.9KARPATIA SHELTER
22.4SARHAT
29.9MARKUNDI SHELTER, Banda
41.2BANKE SIDH CAVE & SPRING
44.7MADIGHAT ROCK SHELTERS, Teonthar
47.1KATRA ROCK SHELTERS
50.5GHARWI PAHARI CAVE