A three-day national seminar on ‘Rock Art of Central India: With Special Reference to Madhya Pradesh’ was inaugurated on Tuesday at IGRMS, Bhopal.
It was organized by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the arts (IGNCA), New Delhi in collaboration with Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sanghrahalaya (IGRMS), Bhopal. Prof Pramod K Verma, Vice Chancellor, Barkatullah University, Bhopal was the Chief Guest on the occasion.
The welcome address was given by Sarit Kr Chaudhuri (Director, IGRMS) and Bl Malla, (Project Director, IGNCA) gave an introduction to the seminar, Narayan Vyas gave the inaugural address on the occasion.
Prof Rahman Ali was the chairperson on the occasion and Prof. Ali in his address highly appreciated the contributions of SB Ota and VH Sonawane in the Indian prehistoric studies. The chief guest on the occasion Prof Pramod K Verma, Vice Chancellor, Barkatullah University, Bhopal elaborated upon the significance of rock art studies of the region. Verma emphasized upon the scientific study of rock art in order to understand these art forms in proper context and appreciated highly the theme and concept of the seminar. At the end, SK Pandey gave the vote of thanks.
After the inaugural function, the first session of the seminar was held at Rock Art Conference Hall, IGRMS, Bhopal. Two papers were presented in the session; Petroglyphs in Central Indian Rock art by Prabash Sahu and Buddhist Monastic Establishment on Rock Art sites of Central India by SS Gupta. These papers deliberated upon the recent findings of rock art in the region. In the evening session papers were presented by Narayan Vyas, a joint paper on Rock art heritage in Madhya Pradesh, was presented by Sarit K Chaudhuri, K Seshadhari and P Sankara Rao. A description of rock art in Nagori hills near Sanchi was presented Narayan Vyas and MC Joshi. The session concluded with the paper by Prof. Ravi Korisettar on Rock art of Vindhya Basin. Prof Rahman Ali was the chairperson at the session.