BHALDARIA (Cave at)
24.950000,83.050000
Description
A prehistoric rock art site (cave? or rock shelter?) with drawings in red pigment (COCKBURN 1883b: 125). SITUATION: Somewhere at »Bhalduri« (COCKBURN 1899), which appears to correspond to the »Baldharia« (a clearing with two houses) shown near N24°57': E83°03' on the Survey of India sheet 63-P/01 (1970 edition) in the vicinity of Ahraura (note 1). CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art: COCKBURN (1899: plate 1, opposite page 89) gives an illustration showing a hunting scene. SMITH (in: COCKBURN 1899: 9, note 1) notes: »Man spearing Gonr stag (Rucervus Duvaucelii), from Bhalduria, pargana Ahraura, Mirzapur. The animal has an arrow stuck in in the throat, and was also shown as attacked by dogs …«
NOTE 1: Ahraura (Chunar tahsil, Mirzapur district) N25°01': E83°01' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003) or N25°01': E83°04' (Everest 1830, IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909) on the India Road Atlas (Eicher Goodearth 2006: 40 C5).
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