In January 2012, archaeologists from the city-based Deccan College
Postgraduate and Research Institute discovered on of the oldest forms of rock
art called cup marks on a hillock in Chandrapur district of eastern Maharashtra .
These cup marks, found about 3 km from Shankarpur village,
are similar to those found in Dar-Ki-Chattan in Madhya Pradesh, a UNESCO world
heritage site.
Cup marks are small concave depressions about a few
centimeter across, dug into a rock surface.
They are often surrounded by concentric circles carved into the stone
and a linear channel called a gutter usually leads out from the middle.
Based on the surrounding evidence, archaeological experts
believe that the Chandrapur cup marks date between 10,000 and 15,000 BC. They were probably of astronomical
significance marked on the hillock to signify the direction of the sun or the
number of members in a family who ere buried at the site.
ACROSS THE WORLD
Cup and ring marks or cup marks are a form of prehistoric art found mainly in Atlantic Europe (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Portugal, and Galicia in North West Spain and Mediterranean Europe, Northwest Italy, Thessalia Central Greece, Switzerland)
Cup and ring marks or cup marks are a form of prehistoric art found mainly in Atlantic Europe (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Portugal, and Galicia in North West Spain and Mediterranean Europe, Northwest Italy, Thessalia Central Greece, Switzerland)
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