Rock art from multiple periods discovered in Nagarkurnool cave
A rock art site with paintings from Mesolithic, Neolithic and historical periods has been discovered in a cave near Turakalpalli village in Nagarkurnool district, highlighting evidence of human activity and cultural expression across different eras
Hyderabad: A team of Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam has discovered a rock art site with paintings from different periods of history inside a cave on a small hillock outside Turakalpalli village in Nagarkurnool district.
This rock art site was discovered by members of the Brundam, Yadeshwar Dantekar and Kalagoni Kiran Kumar Goud, and upon examination, rock art expert and advisor to the group Bandi Muralidhar Reddy confirmed that these paintings, drawn in red, white and black colours, belong to different periods of history.
It has red colour paintings attributed to the Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) period and includes a large unidentified animal, a small reptile-like creature, two crossing lines, long horn-like or bone-like shapes, faded triangles and a possible human figure. The white colour paintings belonging to the Neolithic (New Stone Age) period include a humped bull with horns, hump-less cattle with horns and a decorative circle with 10 spokes.
A press release said the black colour paintings here lack refinement and show uneven drawing, and include circles, a humped animal without horns, animals with 6 legs, long neck and long tail, a person riding a 4-legged horse-like animal while holding a sword in the right hand, and are classified as Historical Period rock paintings.
Sreeramoju Haragopal, Convener of Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam, said, “Finding rock art from different periods in one place shows that people from various eras lived here and painted scenes reflecting their lifestyle and culture. These images are the historical records they have gifted us.”
