Bhimbetka, Auditorium Cave, Madhya Pradesh: Acheulian Petroglyph Site, c. 200,000 - 500,000 BP / n) bmbwaktrnch

"Stratigraphy of trench II in Auditorium Cave, Bhimbetka, according to V. S. Wakankar, with the position of the two petroglyphs shown. The sediment layers are:
1 - Loose blackish ashy earth with Historic finds.
2 - Blackish-greyish soil with Chalcolithic
3 - Greyish-reddish soil with Mesolithic microliths
4 - reddish soil with Middle Palaeolithic tools
5 - reddish soil with Acheulian II
6 - reddish soil with Acheulian I
7 - reddish soil, archaeologically sterile
8 - reddish soil and laterite with cobble tools."

Image © Source: Bednarik RG, Kumar G, Watchman A and Roberts RG. (2005). Preliminary results of the EIP [Early Indian Petroglyphs] Project. Rock Art Research 22,2:147-197; Figure 7. OriginsNet thanks Robert Bednarik for permission to publish images credited to Rock Art Research and to Robert Bednarik.