Question

In which year did Dr. Vishnu Sridhar Wakankar discover Bhimbetka?
1. 1957
2. 1958
3. 1960
4. 1959

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : 1957

The correct answer is 1957.

• In 1957 year did Dr. Vishnu Sridhar Wakankar discover Bhimbetka.
  • Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar (4 May 1919 – 3 April 1988) was an Indian archaeologist.
  •  In 1957 Wakankar discovered the Bhimbetka rock caves.
  •  In 2003, UNESCO inscribed the Bhimbetka rock caves as a World Heritage Site.
  • The Bhimbetka rock caves exhibit one of the earliest traces of human life in India.
  • Dr. Wakankar discovered and studied more than 4000 rock caves in India and also discovered rock shelter paintings in Europe and America, dating of Indian artists activities date back to 40,000 years ago.

• Bhimbetka caves, discovered by Wakankar, are the earliest evidence of human settlement on Indian subcontinent. 
  • “The Bhimbetka caves discovered by Wakankar are important to know how human civilisation developed,” Amirchand, national general secretary of Sanskar Bharati, said and added that, “Our Puranas have different stories of avatars.
  • Wakankar also took upon the herculean task of discovering the route of Saraswati River, which finds mention Puranas.
  • Saraswati River was an important source of fresh water during Puranic times.
  • The British and Marxist historians of the country denied the past existence of the Saraswati River and called the Puranas a myth.