Gavali, Udupi Explained

Gavali is a village located in Kundapura Taluk, Udupi District, Karnataka, India where pre-historic rock drawings are found.

Archaeological findings

Rock drawings found at Gavali near Brahmastana Temple is in the form of engraving on a rock. Picture of a Humped Bull in line drawing is engraved on a rock and this line drawing is further extended to Rangoli drawings.[1] Similar engraved drawings on rocks are found at Hire Benakal, Rampur in Bellary district, Sonda in Uttara Kannada District.[2]

Stone tools in the form of single sided weapon and a sandstone weapon, belonging to New Stone Age period were found at this location.[3] Weapons are made of dolorite stone and having fine surface and resemble spear.[4]

The stone age site identified on a hillock 250 feet above sea level is dated c.800-600 BCE by noted historian Dr.A.Sundara and the rock engravings are dated c.2500 BCE and stone weapons found at this site are dated c.2000-1500 BCE.[5]

Pre-historic site of Gavali is included in the list of mesolithic sites found in Udupi District such as Avarse, Masikere, Guddettu, Kolanakallu, Nancharu, Sastavu near Petri etc.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr. A. Sundara. Pre historic art in Karnataka. Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts(IGNCA). 4 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130715033310/http://ignca.nic.in/nl002902.htm#. 15 July 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: kannada. classical.org. Mural Paintings of Karnataka. classicalkannada.org. 4 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130412233506/http://www.classicalkannada.org/DataBase/KannwordHTMLS/CLASSICAL%20KANNADA%20ART%20and%20ARCHITECTURE%20HTML/MURAL%20PAINTINGS%20OF%20KARNATAKA.htm#. 12 April 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: DHNS. Stone Age weapons and carvings found at Gavali, Kundapur. brahmavara.com/news. 4 August 2012.
  4. Web site: Udayavani. Neolithic weapons found. Udayavani 20.7.2010. 4 August 2012.
  5. Web site: Gavali in Udupi points a new stone Age-site: Several stone weapons discovered . megamedianews dt.20.7.2012 . 4 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095618/http://www.megamedianews.in/index.php/4079/gavali-in-udupi-points-a-new-stone-age-site-several-stone-weapons-discovered/ . 4 March 2016 .
  6. Book: Vol.31, Issue 1. Man and Environment. 2006. Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies. New Delhi. 42.

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