Mangar Bani

Archaeologists have found a trove of prehistoric tools and rock paintings from the Lower Palaeolithic age the Mangar Bani.

• The new findings could broaden the understanding of hunter-gatherer life in the Aravalli region dating back to some 200,000-500,000 years ago.

About Mangar Bani

• Mangar Bani and the other parts of the Aravallis in the national capital region (NCR) are important not only from an ecological standpoint but also from a historical-cultural perspective.

• The tools provide clues to the daily lives of the hunter gatherer populations characterised by the occurrence of handaxes and cleavers belonging to the Acheulian (Lower Palaeolithic) cultural phase, which existed around 200,000 to 500,000 years ago.

• Within Mangar village, Mangar Bani is NCR’s most sacred grove, and possibly the only patch of primary forest in the region.

• It is also home to around 240 species of birds and 15 species of mammals including leopards and hyenas.

(Source: HT)