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Domkhar Rock Art Sanctuary
April 10 , 2019
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- The sanctuary is located at Domkhar village in Leh of Kashmir, next to the banks of Indus River. It has 500-odd petroglyphs.
- It has numerous rocks carved figures, thought to date back between 2000 and 4000 years.
- This was established in 2012 by the efforts of Stanzin Thangjuk, a farmer who has been instrumental in single-handedly protecting these pre-historic rock carvings.
- Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art.
- Recently it was in news due to its damaged conditions.
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