Pre - Historic Rock Art And Ash - Mounds Site In Metri

New Exploration Rock Art and Ash -Mound Site

✡️ Location : -

1.Village      : - Metri
2.Taluk.        : - Hospet
3.District.    : - Ballari
4.State.        : - Karnataka
5.Pincode.   : - 583129

✡️Approach : -

It is located 43 kilometers towards West from district head quarters Ballari. 27 kilometers from Kampli is the Nearest town to Metri road connectivity is there from Kampli to Metri Nearest Railway Station is the Ballari.

✡️Site Location : -

Towards the western side as the village at a distance of 1.5 kilometers a small hill. This hill which is locally known as Karekallu Gudda (hill) containing a good number of Petroglyphs of rock art with number of Animals figures, Human figures, and another Geometrical figures on the boulders of the hill around the hill besides this Ash - Mound keeping in view of findings that this area was once inhabited by the pre - historic man right from the Messolithic to Neolithic period. Ash - Mound site is highly disturbed by the local people huge ash lumps are scattered in this area. During our survey you have collected good number of poetry pieces and stone implements etc.

✡️Typology : -

This Ash - Mound are identify as top of the hill and foot of hill Ash - Mound generally Ash - Mound 3 types Ash - Mounds as follows.
1⃣. Top of the hill Ash - Mounds
A. Chowddamma Gudda,Siddaramatti
(Sanganakallu)
B. Kuduthini
C. Thornagallu
D. Metri
2⃣.Foot of the hill Ash - Mounds
A. Kuppagal
B. Halakundi
C. Belagal
D. Sirigeri
3⃣.Rivar and Steam Ash - Mounds
A. Uttanur
B. Kenchageri Belagal
C. Shivapura
D. Thalamari

✡️Early Reference : -

1.R Bruces Foot
2.F.R.Allchin
3.Peddayya
4.Ravikorishetter
5.P.C.Venkatasubbaiah

✡️ Exploration Team : -
1.K.LingannaSwami (9482006679)
2.Maruthi Oruvai
3.Kamalapur Imrankhan
4.Huliyappa .V. Metri
5.Veerabhadraswami Achari
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