Question

Where is the Adamgarh Hill located in Madhya Pradesh
1. Satpura
2. Satna
3. Dhar
4. Hoshangabad

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Hoshangabad

The correct answer is Hoshangabad.

• Adamgarh Hills is located in the Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.
• The Adamgarh Hills are well-known for its prehistoric rock shelters and rock art.
• Artefacts from the Stone Age, as well as lower palaeolithic and Mesolithic implements, have been discovered here.
• Neolithic paintings were discovered during 19th-century excavations and studies.
• Out of the 18 shelters discovered during the dig, 11 are presently visible.
• Manoranjan Ghosh discovered the Adamgarh rock shelters in 1922 CE, and D.H. Gordon and other archaeologists conducted further research.
• The shelters generally include tiny paintings, with Shelter No. 10 being particularly noteworthy due to the superimposition of paintings from several periods.

• The Satpura Range rises in eastern Gujarat running east through the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and ends in Chhattisgarh.
• Satna is one of a hundred Indian cities that will be transformed into smart cities as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Smart Cities Mission.
• Thec Tomb of Shaykh Changāl is situated in Dhar.