‘Bhimbetka paintings over 25,000 years old’ Sravani SarkarBhopal, March 21,2005 CONTESTING THE claim of the Western scientific community that Indian rock paintings are comparatively quite modern than those found in their part of world, eminent city archaeologist Dr Narayan Vyas has come up with a path-breaking research work that seeks to prove that Bhimbetka rock paintings are as old as the oldest rock paintings known in the world — i.e around 25,000 years. The post-doctoral research work titled ‘A comparative study of rock paintings of Raisen District, with special emphasis on Bhimbetka’ has earned Dr Narayan Vyas — presently superintending...