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==== India ==== [[File:Petroglyphs, Ladakh, NW India.JPG|thumb|Petroglyphs in Ladakh, India]] * [[Bhimbetka rock shelters]], [[Raisen District]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India. * [[Yogimatha rock painting ]], [[Nuapada District]], [[Odisha]], India. * [[Kupgal petroglyphs]] on Dolerite Dyke, near [[Bellary]], [[Karnataka]], India. * Kudopi, [[Sindhudurg district|Sindhudurg District]], [[Maharashtra]], India. * [[Konkan geoglyphs|Konkan Petroglyphs]], Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India. * Hiwale, [[Sindhudurg district|Sindhudurg District]], [[Maharashtra]], India. * Barsu, [[Ratnagiri district|Ratnagiri District]], [[Maharashtra]], India. * Devihasol, [[Ratnagiri district|Ratnagiri District]], [[Maharashtra]], India * [[Edakkal Caves]], [[Wayanad]] District, [[Kerala]], India. * [[Tirukoilur|Kollur]], [[Villupuram]], [[Tamil Nadu]] 35 km from [[Villupuram]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]. A large [[dolmen]] with four petroglyphs that portray men with [[trident]] and a wheel with spokes has been found. The discovery was made by [[K.T. Gandhirajan]]. This is the second instance when a dolmen with petrographs has been found in Tamil Nadu, India.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article22589.ece Dolmen with petroglyphs found near Villupuram]. Beta.thehindu.com (2009-09-19). Retrieved on 2013-02-12.</ref> In October 2018, petroglyphs were discovered in the [[Ratnagiri]] and [[Rajapur, Maharashtra|Rajapur]] areas in the [[Konkan]] region of western [[Maharashtra]]. Those rock carvings which might date back to 10,000 BC, depict animals like [[hippopotamuses]] and [[rhinoceroses]] which are not found in that region of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45559300|title=Prehistoric art hints at lost Indian civilisation|work=BBC|date=1 October 2018}}</ref> Some carving depicts, what appears to be [[Pisces (constellation)|Pisces]] constellation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@vijaycrypto/12000-year-old-petroglyphs-in-india-aa109f220e4d|title = 12000-year-old-petroglyphs-in-india|date = 8 November 2018}}</ref> * [[Perumukkal]], [[Tindivanam]] District, [[Tamil Nadu]], India. * [[Unakoti]] near [[Kailashahar]] in [[North Tripura]] District, [[Tripura]], India. * [[Usgalimal rock engravings]], [[Kushavati]] river banks, in Goa<ref name=goa>{{cite web|last=Kamat|first=Nandkumar|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/prehistoric-goan-shamanism|title=Prehistoric Goan Shamanism|work=[[The Navhind Times]]|access-date=30 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807142019/http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/prehistoric-goan-shamanism|archive-date=7 August 2011}}</ref> * [[Tourism in Ladakh#Petroglyph|Ladakhi rock art]] in [[Ladakh]], NW Indian Himalaya.<ref>[http://www.tibetheritagefund.org/media/download/petroglyphs.pdf Petroglyphs of Ladakh: The Withering Monuments]. tibetheritagefund.org</ref> *[[Ratnagiri]] Maharashtra [[Petroglyphs]], An eight ftlong petroglyph in Devache Gothane village in Rajapur district, Maharashtra.<ref name="Ratnagiri">{{Cite news|last=Sriram|first=Jayant|date=2018-10-20|title=The petroglyphs of Ratnagiri|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/the-petroglyphs-of-ratnagiri/article25265399.ece|access-date=2021-06-23|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>[[File:Petroglyphs In Maharashtra.jpg|thumb|Goddess [[Lajja Gauri]] who is similarly portrayed, squatting and with legs facing outward]]. Kethaiyurumpu, Tamil Nadu. Situated 28 km north west of Dindigal, Tamil Nadu nearby Idaiyakottai and six km south west of Oddanchartam has revealed several petroglyphs mostly represent abstract symbols on two rocks, which looks like a temporary rock shelter were noticed adjacent to a Murugan temple which is in ruins on top of the Kothaiyurumbu hill.
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