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Karikiyoor rock paintings
August 2 , 2022
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- The Karikiyoor rock paintings, a series of over 300 images, carved on the side of the cliff-face.
- They are believed to be more than 5,000-years old.
- They are just one of a series of cave and rock paintings that have been rediscovered across the Nilgiris in recent decades.
- Karikiyoor is probably one of the biggest rock art sites in India.
- The images depict a gradual shift from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle in the initial drawings to a pastoral.
- Eventually, a settled agrarian lifestyle depicted in the later drawings.
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