Early Man of the Indian Rockshelters

S K Tiwari and S P Awasthi

ISBN 10: 8188934593 / ISBN 13: 9788188934591

Published by Sharada, 2009

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Contents Preface. I. Identity of prehistoric rockshelters 1. The rockshelter painter of Indian sub continent. 2. Scientific concept of early man. 3. Earliest forms of man in India. 4. Continental migrations. 5. Earliest rock painters. 6. Stone age cultures and the rock art. 7. Racial identity of rock artists. 8. Earliest human communities. 9. Earliest Australian aborigines and the tradition of rock art. 10. Earliest relatives of Indian rockshelter painters. 11. Successors of Indian rockshelter painters. II. Geography of Indian rockshelters 12. Contributions to the studies of rockshelter paintings. 13. Regionalization of Indian rockshelters. 14. Characteristics of Indian rockshelters. 15. Son valley rockshelter paintings. 16. Rock art of the world. 17. Rockshelter regions of India. Bibliography. Index. Early man of the Indian rock shelters is an attempt to search for the antiquity of Indian rockshelter paintings. This attempt is based on the global scientific researches which reveal the essential unity of pre historic stone age culture throughout the old world. The book discusses the pre historic human migrations and their relationship with the rock art. Based on the palaeontological facts the present study establishes the period of some of the Indian rockshelter paintings few millennium older than what they are generally being thought to be. 220 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Early Man of the Indian Rockshelters
• Publisher: Sharada
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8188934593
• ISBN 13: 9788188934591
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Early Man of the Indian Rockshelter is an attempt to search for the antiquity of Indian rockshelter paintings. This attempt is based on the global scientific researches which reveal the essential unity of Pre-historic Stone Age Culture, throughout the Old World. The book discusses the pre-historic human migrations and their relationship with the rock art. Based on the palaeontological facts, the present study establishes the period of some of the Indian rockshelter paintings few millennium older than what they are generally being thought to be.

About the Author

S.K. Tiwari, he served for 25 years as a Professor of Geography in various Post-Graduate Colleges of Government of Madhya Pradesh, later he served as Head of the Department of Tribal Studies, Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur for more than thirteen years. He supervised 20 doctoral researches and was the director of research projects funded by U.G.C., I.C.S.S.R. and the Ministry of Forest and Environment, Government of India. He retired in the year 2003, but still continues to write regularly. He is well known as an adventurer and explorer.

S.P. Awasthi, he serve as a Principal of K.B. Art and Commerce College, Bhitoni (Jabalpur) since 1989. He completed a two year research project funded by U.G.C. (2007) requiring extensive survey of rockshelters in lower Son Valley.