Name: Travel to Bhimbetka: India’s Oldest Art Gallery
Start: 2022-04-27T13:30:00.000Z
End: 2022-04-27T14:00:00.000Z

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It is known as India's oldest art gallery. The earliest humans in India not only lived here but also left snippets of their lives in the spectacular prehistoric art in Bhimbetka near Bhopal. 

Travel to Bhimbetka: India’s Oldest Art Gallery

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John Lang: A Chronicler of 19th Century India

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Therigatha: Poems of the Buddhist Women

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Kalidasa's Meghaduta & Messenger Poems with Lidia Wojtczak

It is known as India's oldest art gallery. The earliest humans in India not only lived here but also left snippets of their lives in the spectacular prehistoric art in Bhimbetka near Bhopal. 

In Bhimbetka and the surrounding hills, over 1000 rock shelters have been found. Almost half of these have some form of art ranging from mythical animals to scenes of war - representing a wide period of time from prehistoric times to even the early medieval era.

Join us on a virtual tour of this fascinating site! 


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Dholavira: Tracing the Story of the Harappans

South Asian Masterpieces at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Revisiting India’s First Port City: Lothal

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