OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 53068

cave painting

/ˈkeɪv ˈpeɪntɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pintura rupestre
The paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; cave art; (countable) an individual painting of this type.
I understand from Paṇḍita Baghavánlál, who lately visited the caves, that the painting and writings in these caves are fast going to decay. Those at Ajaṇṭhá are more durable, where…
No natives of this country could, I think, have drawn the cave-paintings [in Buddhist caves found in Khandesh].
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