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Bhimbetka Rock Shelters

c. 10,000 BCE-1000 CE, multiple phases · India

Shelters and paintings preserve many phases of occupation and image making.

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How the setting appeared

Sandstone formations created shaded spaces within a forested plateau.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-BHIMBETKACIT-CORE069-BHIMBETKA-CULTURE Setting and material context · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Foraging, hunting and later agrarian communities used the landscape over long periods.

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How people worked

Stone tools, pigments, food gathering and later pastoral or agrarian activities changed through time.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-BHIMBETKACIT-CORE069-BHIMBETKA-CULTURE Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Painted scenes may hold social or ritual meanings, but no single religion spans the sequence.

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World-atlas stage: Farmers and villages
Region: South Asia · India
Languages and scripts: Not named in this record
Important people: No individual is centered in this record
Events and changes: c. 10,000 BCE onward: Mesolithic communities used the shelters and added paintings in successive phases; First millennium BCE-first millennium CE: Later farming, pastoral and historic-period images were superimposed on older panels; 2003 CE: The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List
Evidence confidence: High for long use; individual paintings require phase-specific interpretation.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-BHIMBETKACIT-CORE069-BHIMBETKA-CULTURE Dates, place, language, people, events and confidence · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

Map geometry loads only when requested. Modern outlines are orientation only; historical geography and identities changed through time.

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Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-CORE-BHIMBETKA

Bhimbetka Rock Shelters: record evidence guide

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/925/

whc.unesco.org

CIT-CORE069-BHIMBETKA-CULTURE

Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka

https://culture.gov.in/rock-shelters-bhimbetka

Ministry of Culture, Government of India

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