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The paintings were discovered in 1979 by D. P. S. Dwarikesh, a professor of [[linguistics]] at the [[University of Michigan]], and Shri Ram Sharma, a civil engineer from Pahargarh. Dwarikesh and Sharma conducted preliminary surveys of the caves, documenting over 600 paintings, and speculated that there were thousands more. However, they were not able to obtain permission to excavate and the caves have not been investigated since.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/western_news/1039/|title=India cave project gets preliminary grant OK|date=4 December 1980|work=Western News|issue=14|volume=7}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pahargarh-caves-clues-to-india-prehistory/1/402256.html|title=Pahargarh caves: A wealth of archaeological treasure|last=Bobb|first=Dilip|date=15 October 1981|work=India Today|access-date=2017-07-11}}</ref> | The paintings were discovered in 1979 by D. P. S. Dwarikesh, a professor of [[linguistics]] at the [[University of Michigan]], and Shri Ram Sharma, a civil engineer from Pahargarh. Dwarikesh and Sharma conducted preliminary surveys of the caves, documenting over 600 paintings, and speculated that there were thousands more. However, they were not able to obtain permission to excavate and the caves have not been investigated since.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/western_news/1039/|title=India cave project gets preliminary grant OK|date=4 December 1980|work=Western News|issue=14|volume=7}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pahargarh-caves-clues-to-india-prehistory/1/402256.html|title=Pahargarh caves: A wealth of archaeological treasure|last=Bobb|first=Dilip|date=15 October 1981|work=India Today|access-date=2017-07-11}}</ref> | ||
Made with red and white [[ochre]]-based paints, the depictions include human and animal figures as well as abstract shapes.<ref name=":2" /> The dating of the paintings is uncertain. According to Dwarikesh, [[ostrich]] [[Eggshell|egg shells]] discovered in the caves were [[Radiocarbon dating|radiocarbon dated]] to 25,000 years ago,<ref name=":1" /> but they also discovered [[Iron Age in India|Iron Age]] artefacts dating to ca. 1500 BCE and the paintings themselves depict tools consistent with a date of 600 BCE.<ref name=":2" /> <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMOgcqNS4bs&t=3s</ref> | Made with red and white [[ochre]]-based paints, the depictions include human and animal figures as well as abstract shapes.<ref name=":2" /> The dating of the paintings is uncertain. According to Dwarikesh, [[ostrich]] [[Eggshell|egg shells]] discovered in the caves were [[Radiocarbon dating|radiocarbon dated]] to 25,000 years ago,<ref name=":1" /> but they also discovered [[Iron Age in India|Iron Age]] artefacts dating to ca. 1500 BCE and the paintings themselves depict tools consistent with a date of 600 BCE.<ref name=":2" /><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMOgcqNS4bs&t=3s</ref> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||