VASAHA SHELTER

(Koraon - IN)
24.983300,82.083300
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 04/07/2016

A rock shelter (or cave?), which contains rock art (various symbols, animals and dancing scenes in red ochre and occasional white), yielded microliths (LAL 1973: 37; GOSH 1967: 39).ETYMOLOGY: The Hindi noun "vasaha" means boar (male pig). SITUATION: In the Jharna-ki-Pahari, a cliff somewhere at an unspecified distance (less than 24 km) south of »Koraou« (Kuraon N24°59': E82°05'I in Meja tahsil.

Documents

Bibliography 04/07/2016
  • Lal, B B 1973; Gosh, A K 1967.

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