A team of archaeologists from the Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam (KTCB) has discovered an ancient rock art site dating back to the Mesolithic era on a small hillock near Kasipeta, a hamlet in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district in Telangana.
- This rock art has paintings are estimated to be at least 10,000 years old.
- The rock art paintings are of four bisons, two human figures, and an animal resembling a horse.
- These rock art paintings were found by Vemuganti Muralikrishna, Bhadra Girish, Sriramoju Haragopal, Ahobilam Karunakar, Mohammad Nazir, Dr. Mandala Swami, Korivi Gopal, and Bhaskar along with landowner Syamsundar Reddy.
- The hillock is about 30 feet tall and they identified many red ochre colour paintings on the inner side.
- The team also found rare microliths downstream of the hillock. Further cairn circles and a menhir were also identified in the vicinity.
- Cairn circles are essentially circular structures made of big boulders that are erected as memorials for the deceased.
- Menhir is a tall stone put in a vertical position by people in prehistoric times.
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