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Rock ArtSite Name: TekelCountry: India
NOTE: This site is 101.564 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Kolar Gold Fields Nearest Village: Bangarapet
Latitude: 12.988000N Longitude: 78.178000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Rock Art in southern India
Many of the megalithic shelters here have been destroyed due to quarrying activities. However, recently K.V. Subramanyam discovered some white drawings and geometric designs on the rock faces here. An article in The Hindu Newspaper describes these and nearby finds: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Bangalore/article2632274.ece
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