ROCK ART IN KUMAON HIMALAYA
1995, xxii+92pp. map, notes, refs., col. and b&w plates, index, ISBN: 81-7303-057-0: Rs 700(HB)
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In this book the author discusses the subject matter, the technique, the style and the state of preservation of rock art of the region alongwith artistic merit and motivation of the artist of pre-historic time in a simple language. Illustrations incorporated in this volume are the water colour reproductions done by the author in the field itself.
This book gives an overview of Rock Art research
as a whole and its present sate in India and abroad.
| YASHODHAR MATHPAL, an archaeologist, has discovered rock art sites and made comprehensive studies of the paintings at Bhimbetka and of Shamla Hills in Madhya Pradesh. He also participated in excavation of rock art sites in Bimbetka. Himself an artist, he reproducted a large number of rock art samples from Bhimbetka at the initial stage. Later on, having spent several years studying and surveying rock art of Central Himalaya specially in and around Bhimtal he documented amazing varieties of rock art samples. |
