Prehistoric Paintings: Picture Gallery



Villagers Greeting a Hunter
Prehistoric (~ 800 to 300 B.C) painting from Hirebenagal Caves in Karnataka
Prehistoric Paintings of Karnataka
Prehistoric Animal Art
Rock Shelter Painting from Pachmari
Prehistoric petroglyph, Central India

Treatment of Patients
Graphic based on prehistoric cave painting, Central India
Prehistoric Doctor
Prehistoric Theater
Prehistoric Art

Animal Motifs in Rock Shelter
See Also: Pre-historic Theater
Prehistoric Art with Animals
Simple Art of Prehistoic Man
Prehistoric Paintings of Deer
Illustration based on cave shelter painting

Hunting Scenes
Prehistoric Theater
Pre-historic Khedda?
Elephant Hunt
Cave painting of early historic period of Ahiraura depicts use of noisemakers and animals, just like the Khedda system prevalent in Mysore till 19th century

Prehistoric Shelter Paintings
Prehistoric Shelter Paintings
The Pregancy - Prehistoric Cave Painting
The Pregancy - Prehistoric Cave Painting
Point to ponder: The deer conceiving an elephant shows extraordinary imagination of the artist. Or was it his ignorance?

Animal Motifs in Adamgad
Prehistoric Petroglyphs
Animal Motifs
Prehistoric Theater
Designs based on cave shelter paintings of India

Prehistoric Art of India
Prehistoric Facials
Prehistoric Facials

The Migration (?)
Prehistoric petroglyph, Pachmari, Central India
Analyzing Early Human Art
Prehistoric Art of India

Prehistoric Hunter
Prehistoric Hunter
Pre-historic Giraffe in India (?!)
Pre-historic Giraffe in India (?!)

Pre-historic Rock Shetlter Painting, Madhya Pradesh
Pre-historic Rock Shetlter Painting, Madhya Pradesh
Attack of the Boar
When the Wild Boar Attacked - Rock Painting from Bhimabetaka
Prehistoric rock shelter painting, Central India shown men running away from an angry boar

Man Hunting Beast
Prehistoric Art of India
Prehistoric Theater

Prehistoric Theater
Prehistoric Art of India
Warriors, Bhimbetaka Rock Painting
Warriors, Bhimbetaka Rock Painting
Men battling with sword and shields, prehistoric petroglyph

The First Discovery of Rock Painting in India
A.Carlyne and J. Cockburn first discovered the rock paintings in India in the year 1880.
Prehistoric Rock Paintings of India
Aiming at a Deer: Prehistoric Cave Painting
Aiming at a Deer: Prehistoric Cave Painting

A Border Design from Central India
See Also: Prehistoric Theater
Tribal Designs
Stone Implements of Prehistoric Man
Stone Implements of Prehistoric Man

Deer from pre-historic rock painting from Bhimbetaka
Rock Paintings
Pre-historic Animal Motifs
Animal Motifs in Cave Art
Caves of Adamgad, Madhya Pradesh

Line Drawings - Hunting Scene
Prehistoric Art of India
Prehistoric rock painting, Benkal, Raichur dist., 1982
Prehistoric rock painting, Benkal, Raichur dist., 1982

See Also:

Kamat's Potpourri The Timeless Theater Cave Paintings of India Gallery of Prehistoric Rock Paintings from India