Title:
Rock Paintings Kathotia
Category:
Accession no.:
DOC-RA,KTH.2014,136
Location/ Provenance:
Kathotia, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
Period:
Mesolithic and Historical
Description:
This painted panel preserves a unique painted rock art manifestation of a large crowned snake belonging to Mesolithic period. The animal is decorated with wavy lines, dotted patterns and by alternating patches of flat wash. A few fishes also find some space in the composition. This composition is superimposed by another generation of Mesolithic theme in red colour depicting deer, hunters equipped with late bows and arrows and stick shaped human forms.