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Stone Age Rock Site India Used for Art and Music India

Submitted by Aluta on Tuesday, 26 June 2007  Page Views: 4700

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Archaeologists have rediscovered a huge rock art site in southern India where ancient people used boulders to make musical sounds in rituals.

The Kupgal Hill site includes rocks with unusual depressions that were designed to be struck with the purpose of making loud, musical ringing tones.

A dyke on Kupgal Hill contains hundreds and perhaps thousands of rock art engravings, or petroglyphs, a large quantity of which date to the Neolithic, or late Stone Age (several thousand years BC).

The boulders which have small, groove-like impressions are called "musical stones" by locals. When struck with small granite rocks, these impressions emit deep, "gong-like notes".

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Contributor Bio for Aluta: Well, Clonehenge. Other than that I like ancient sites, ancient stones, long walks and good conversation.

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