- About 80 petroglyhs have been discovered at Mekala Benchi in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.
- After Kandanathi, this is Andhra Pradesh’s second largest petroglyph site which contains About 80 petroglyhs. Kandanathi, with 200 petroglyphs, is also in Kurnool district.
- Petroglyphs are rock carvings.
- Mekala Benchi rock carvings are from the Neolithic to the Megalithic period and Kandanathi’s carvings range from the prehistoric to the historic period.
- Boulders, one known as ‘Boodida Konda’ (ash-coloured hill) and the other an unnamed granite hillock, mostly have images of bulls or bull-riding, and human figures, an elephant, tiger-like animals and cupules.
