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The term 'rock art' is used for all types of artistic way of expression found on natural rocks and
cliffs, caves and shelters, and on the surface of boulders. In other words sketches, graffiti, images,
designs engraved or painted on the rock surfaces are generally referred to as rock art. Rock art is a
common feature of almost all ancient civilizations of the World. The rock art subject is broadly divided
into two forms: engraving and painting. Petroglyphs and epigraphs are generally found on the large
boulders and open surfaces of the rocks, while paintings are found on walls of rock shelters formed
in cliffs of the mountains.
The most ancient engravings are thought to be those which depict the wild animals in
profile, In rather static poses, but executed in great detail. It seems that early rock afl was executed by
hunter-gatherers and since the Bronze Age also by foragers. Any form of rock art has the capacity
to display the unknown panorama of the distant past before our eyes. It should not be simply viewed
as events depicting daily life of the remote society. Rock alt also renders a spiritual reality before us.
Stone has been used since remote past for engraving, paintings and writing purposes. It was an enduring
material used by the primitive man and one of his great properties was to make the rock art everlasting.
BADSHAH SARDAR . (2010) Rock Art on the Ancient Trade Routes of the Northwestern Regions of Pakistan , Pakistan Heritage, Volume 2, Issue 1.
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