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'''Gavali''' is a village located in [[Kundapura Taluk]], [[Udupi District]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]] where pre-historic [[Cave painting|rock drawings]] are found.<br />
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==Archaeological findings==<br />
Rock drawings found at Gavali is in the form of engraving on a rock. Picture of a [[Brahman (cattle)|Humped Bull]] in line drawing is engraved on a rock and this line drawing is further extended to [[Rangoli]] drawings.<ref name=sundara>{{cite web|last=Dr. A|first=Sundara|title=Pre historic art in Karnataka|url=http://ignca.nic.in/nl002902.htm|publisher=Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts(IGNCA)|accessdate=4 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715033310/http://ignca.nic.in/nl002902.htm#|archive-date=15 July 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Similar engraved drawings on rocks are found at [[Hire Benakal]], [[Chick Rampur]] in [[Bellary]] district, [[Sonda, Karnataka|Sonda]] in [[Uttara Kannada District]].<ref>{{cite web|last=kannada|first=classical.org|title=Mural Paintings of Karnataka|url=http://www.classicalkannada.org/DataBase/KannwordHTMLS/CLASSICAL%20KANNADA%20ART%20and%20ARCHITECTURE%20HTML/MURAL%20PAINTINGS%20OF%20KARNATAKA.htm|publisher=classicalkannada.org|accessdate=4 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412233506/http://www.classicalkannada.org/DataBase/KannwordHTMLS/CLASSICAL%20KANNADA%20ART%20and%20ARCHITECTURE%20HTML/MURAL%20PAINTINGS%20OF%20KARNATAKA.htm#|archive-date=12 April 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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[[Stone Age|Stone tools]] in the form of single sided weapon and a sandstone weapon, belonging to New Stone Age period were found at this location.<ref>{{cite web|last=DHNS|title=Stone Age weapons and carvings found at Gavali, Kundapur|url=http://www.brahmavara.com/news2.asp?id=144|publisher=brahmavara.com/news|accessdate=4 August 2012}}</ref> Weapons are made of dolorite stone and having fine surface and resemble spear.<ref>{{cite web|last=Udayavani|title=Neolithic weapons found|url=http://udayavani.com/news/2433L14-Neolithic-weapons-found.html|publisher=Udayavani 20.7.2010|accessdate=4 August 2012}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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The stone age site identified on a hillock 250 feet above sea level is dated c.800-600 BCE by noted historian Dr.A.Sundara and the rock engravings are dated c.2500 BCE and stone weapons found at this site are dated c.2000-1500 BCE.<ref>{{cite web|last=mega media |first=news |title=Gavali in Udupi points a new stone Age-site: Several stone weapons discovered |url=http://www.megamedianews.in/index.php/4079/gavali-in-udupi-points-a-new-stone-age-site-several-stone-weapons-discovered/ |publisher=megamedianews dt.20.7.2012 |accessdate=4 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095618/http://www.megamedianews.in/index.php/4079/gavali-in-udupi-points-a-new-stone-age-site-several-stone-weapons-discovered/ |archivedate=4 March 2016 }}</ref><br />
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Pre-historic site of Gavali is included in the list of [[mesolithic]] sites found in [[Udupi District]] such as Avarse, Masikere, [[Guddettu]], Kolanakallu, Nancharu, Sastavu near Petri etc.<ref>{{cite book|last=Vol.31|first=Issue 1|title=Man and Environment|year=2006|publisher=Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies|location=New Delhi|pages=42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQaBAAAAMAAJ&q=gavali+udupi}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Sonda, Karnataka]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095618/http://www.megamedianews.in/index.php/4079/gavali-in-udupi-points-a-new-stone-age-site-several-stone-weapons-discovered/ Picture of stone tools found at Gavali]<br />
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==References==<br />
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