AMORI ROCK SHELTERS, Sagar

Sagar (Sagar Tahsil - IN)
23.833300,78.666700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Three rock-shelters with paintings (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1979-80 / 1983: 49). SITUATION: Amori, 5 km west of Sagar [23°50'N: 78°45'E] on the Sagar - Bina [note 1] road (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1979-80 / 1983: 49). CULTURAL HISTORY -- rock art: The paintings include human figures, svastika design, flowers and peacock in red (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1979-80 / 1983: 49).Three rock-shelters with paintings (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1979-80 / 1983: 49). SITUATION: Amori, 5 km west of Sagar [23°50'N: 78°45'E] on the Sagar - Bina [note 1] road (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1979-80 / 1983: 49). CULTURAL HISTORY -- rock art: The paintings include human figures, svastika design, flowers and peacock in 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)
10.2SAGAR SHELTERS
10.2CHITAULI ROCK SHELTER
33.2RANGIR CAVE TEMPLE
33.2RANGIR ROCK SHELTERS
33.3KARTA ROCK SHELTER
34.1Abchand Shelters
34.5RAMGARHA ROCK SHELTERS, Sagar
52.1BEDWARA ROCK SHELTERS
82.4DALIPUR CAVE OR SPRING