Hyderabad: Historians have found rock art painting sites in Medikonda in the Jogulamba-Gadwal District.
Historians find the understanding of the art of a tiger, wild boar and hunting.
“In 2013, the number of stone carvings in Telangana was only 18.
Today, the number of more than 60 – 18 by archaeologists, 16 by others and 26 plus sites has been identified in research by our group,” said historian Sriramoju Haragopal.
He added that most rock formations contained stone carvings hence important to stop excavation operations.
Hanumannagari Vemployeddy, Kothha member Telangana Charitra Brundam, identified the site along with T Padmareddy and S Hanmanta Reddy.
“The Rock Carvings describes deer, tigers hunting, wild boar and two human figures.
The image of the deer from the deer looks with a big horn.
Even though numbers like that can be seen in many stone paintings in Telangana, this stone painting is unique.
According to the painting style, It is a pre-neolitic stone painting.
Great tiger carvings have been found in Pandavulagutta, Goparajupally, Hastalapur and Vattimalla.
Of these, the art of Medikonda Rock describes the tiger hunting, “they said.
The paintings found in Medikonda are medieval styles.
“This means that these are painted stone paintings under the basement of this monument tens of thousands of years ago,” said historians.
Rock Art Society of India Bandi Muralidhar Reddy, Katta Srinivas, Vemuganti Murikrishna and Haragopal assisted in the analysis and chronology of the inscription.