BHAIRAGARH SHELTERS

Bhopal (Huzur Tahsil - IN)
23.250000,77.291700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 23/03/2016

Several »shelters« (or caves) containing rock art reported GOSH (1957: 79, figure 18) from the western slope of an anonymous hill (no name mentioned) that lies somewhere in the vicinity of a place called Bhairagarh, which is either Bhairagarh (±5 km) N23°15': E077°17'30” (WGS84) about 5 or 10 km along the National Highway NH 86 west from Bhopal city (23°16'N: 77°24'E), not far from the airport, and on the way to Sehore, or Bhairogarh N23°08': E077°20' (AMS sheet NF43-04 Bhopal, U502 series,1959 edition) at a travelling distance of about 15 km due south of Bhopal city (23°16'N: 77°24'E) but not shown in the India Road Atlas (Eicher Goodearth 2006: 71 E1).

Documents

Bibliography 23/03/2016
  • Gosh, A K 1957.

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
8.5DHARAMPURI SHELTERS
9.5SIMLA HILL SHELTERS
10.7SHAHAD KARAR SHELTERS
11.2GUPHA MANDIR, Bhopal
11.2BHOPAL STATE MUSEUM ROCKSHELTER
11.8MAHADEVA-KI-GUPHA SHELTER
18.9KATHOTIA SHELTERS
22.0NAYAPURA SHELTERS
33.4SATKUNDA ROCK SHELTERS