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The recognition of Indian rock art as an archaeo-historicalsource dates back to 1868, but it was only with the discovery ofBhimbetka, the spectacularly rich rock art site in Madhya Pradesh,in 1958 that it started generating wide interest.

Prehistoric Rock Art of India presents for the fi rst time awell-rounded overview of rock art in India: visual survivals fromthe many layered Indian history, including the late Stone Age andlater Chalcolithic periods. Covering the vast terrain where theauthor has worked extensively-from Ladakh and other Himalayanlocations, to central India including the Vindhyas, the Satpuras,and the Chhota Nagpur Plateau to southern Deccan and Sri Lanka-thiswork highlights the rock art of the early agricultural and pastoralpeople.

Documenting narrative picture sequences in line drawings, whileat the same time including close-up photographs of wellpresenteddetails, Erwin Neumayer provides an in depth study of crucial figures and details of implements, among others. For the picturepanels on rocks, line drawings-prepared at the spot-and octalphotographs have been chosen to clarify their interpretations. Withmore than 1,000 photographs, line drawings, sketches, andpaintings, this book offers a comprehensive survey of rock artacross India, and would interest.