Tamil Heritage Trust
Monthly Heritage Talk - "Rock Art of Central India" by Dr Meenakshi Dubey-Pathak, who has studied
rock art for nearly three decades, on a fascinating journey to some of
these sites, the art and their archaeological and cultural significance.
5.30 pm IST on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Talk in English
Bhimbetka, near Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, is world renowned for its extensive rock art shelters.
It happens to be just one of several such spectacular sites across
central India - in MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. Some of these
paintings are as old as ten thousand years. They depict a range of
scenes - hunting, fighting, dancing, etc - as well as several types of
animals. Uniquely, many forms of tribal art in the area still bear
striking similarities to this ancient art in their imagery and function.
Dr Meenakshi Dubey-Pathak has devoted nearly thirty years to the
discovery, study, publication, exhibition, and protection of Indian rock
art. She has discovered dozens of new painted sites, mostly in Madhya
Pradesh, but also in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Ladakh. Her PhD was
based on her discoveries of rock art in the Pachmarhi area of MP. She
was awarded the ‘Chevalier des Arts et Lettres’ - Knight in the National
Order of Arts and Letters by Ministry of Culture and Communication of
France in 2014.
Dr Dubey Pathak has published four books and over 70 papers. She is an
International Expert member for rock art with ICOMOS and UNESCO, and is a
member of the Bradshaw Foundation Advisory Board (England) and Rock Art
Network, Getty Foundation (USA). She is a Wakankar Senior Research
Fellow. She has given many lectures on Indian Rock Art and tribal Art in
various National and International Universities and Museums. A Film
based on her research work on “Central Indian Rock Art and tribal art”
was screened and awarded in the International Archaeology Film Festival
in Nyon, Switzerland in March 2019.
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