On the second day of national seminar on ‘Rock Art of Central India: With Special Reference to Madhya Pradesh’ was organized on Wednesday at IGRMS, Bhopal.
Several scholars presented their papers on various aspects on rock art of the central Indian region in relation to Madhya Pradesh. In the first session, a paper on Rock art sites in Chandheri Tehsil of Ashok Nagar District (MP) was presented by Yadav Rakesh Parasnath, the paper gave an elaboration on the newly discovered rock art sites of the region describing shelters with white colored paintings at the site along with Trishul like designs painted with white colour.
A presentation on the painted shelters in Dharkundi in Madhya Pradesh was given in her paper by Meenakshi Dubey Pathak. Pushpendra Nandan gave a presentation on rock art of Satna District describing in detail the painted shelters found in the dense forested areas of the region. Neha Singh presented a paper on the yogini Mata shelter of sirmour region. Singh in her paper elaborated on the significance of cultural studies by saying that culture can be defined as the ideas, customs and behaviour of a particular people or society and it can be expressed in the form of dance, rituals, using of tools etc. Rock paintings provide a solid platform to know about the culture of early humans in the absence of literary records.
In the evening session the paper by SB Ota on petroglyphs of ladakh region was the highlight and explained the methods used to carve these images on boulders in the region. Ganga Nath Jha from Jharkhand presented a paper on ethno-archaeological aspect of rock art sites in Ramgarh region of Jharkhand.
Jha said that the tradition of Rock Art is in diminishing stage due to the dumping yard of the coal excavation area. The present study also highlights the geographical condition of rock art and Cultural activities and Art of the population inhabiting the area.