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Chandra Shila — Rock Shelter West Face (Mizoram)

Chandra West Face

Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)·Palaeolithic to Iron Age·🇮🇳 Mizoram, Lunglei, Chandra Shila, India

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About Chandra Shila — Rock Shelter West Face (Mizoram)

Chandra Shila — Rock Shelter West Face (Mizoram) in Mizoram, Lunglei, Chandra Shila, India is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Palaeolithic to Iron Age. Systematic survey and photogrammetry document stratified deposits. The site includes a principal necropolis and domestic quarter. Dimensions panel 8.5 m × 3.2 m; shelter 28 m wide × 12 m deep; area 4.3 ha. Excavation excavated; condition ruins. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.

Why it mattersKey Palaeolithic to Iron Age rock-art with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 620 m elevation.

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Mysteries & theories

Mysteries

  1. 01Relation to regional network
  2. 02Function and labor organization

Theories

  1. 01Elite residence hypothesis
  2. 02Territorial marker

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History

How it came to be

Built
c. 15000 BCE
Period
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)
Culture
Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Purpose
Rock art panel and ritual gallery
Excavation
Excavated

  1. c. 15000 BCE

    Initial construction / foundation

  2. c. 1136 BCE

    Major refurbishment / second phase

  3. 1951

    Modern rediscovery and excavation

  4. c. 1432 CE

    Abandonment

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Structures & features

22.8800° N · 92.7300° E · 620 m · 4 mapped features

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