Monday, May 30, 2016

Usgalimal Rock Engravings

The prehistoric site Usgalimal in South Goa is knwn for rock engravings.These engravings spread over an area of 500 sqm belong to the Upper Paleolithic or Mesolithic eras. There are more than 100 distinct drawings carved on laterite stones.

Representation of labyrinths 

Representation of human figures (mother Goddess)

Representation of Hunting Trap

Representation of Peacock

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24 comments:

  1. rupam sarma07:45

    wow amazing. Great captured.

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  2. R Niranjan Das11:06

    Glad to know about this. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Teamgsquare13:39

    It is always wonderful to explore places like this .

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  4. Sallie (FullTime-Life)22:42

    It is so interesting that these same designs and motifs appear in cave drawings in so many places that are so far apart.

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  5. carol l mckenna01:29

    Wonderful old and special rock carvings ~ great photos ~

    Happy Week to you ~ ^_^

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  6. colleen01:38

    Such mystery.

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  7. Joyful05:18

    Very interesting!

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  8. Maude Lynn05:37

    These are truly amazing.

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  9. Ranjana's craft blog10:21

    These look so mysterious!

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  10. magiceye10:51

    These are amazing!
    How big are they? Are these aerial views?

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  11. Lady Fi11:01

    Such ancient beauty.

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  12. photowannabe22:09

    These are so fascinating. Amazing carvings from so long ago.

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  13. Roger Owen Green23:19

    This is interesting imagery!
    ROG, ABCW

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  14. Rajesh23:32

    Deepak, all this drawings are on the ground. You can walk all round them. This is on the river bed.

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  15. Jackie and Joel Smith00:30

    Amazing carvings and fabulous photos, Rajesh!

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  16. MelodyK00:54

    intriging...wonderful photos

    Have a nice abcwednes-day / – week
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  17. Photo Cache04:18

    Mysterious.

    My ABC WEDNESDAY

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  18. Al04:54

    I love historical artifacts like this, great!

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  19. Rajesh06:40

    Nora, they're neiter miniature nor very big. They are regular size.

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  20. Anonymous18:45

    That is amazing! I truly enjoy all the great historically significant sites you share with us.

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  21. Unknown22:24

    Interesting.Never knew of this even though have been to Goa many times.way too much beach and booze tends to lower your IQ. Now I know :-) Next time for sure


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  22. Alexa T01:06

    Amazing and impressive!! lovely seen through lens! A great weekend ahead!

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  23. Su-sieee! Mac07:53

    They remind me of those etchings on some high mountains in South America that people have no idea got there.

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  24. Maniparna00:34

    Quite interesting and thought-provoking!

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