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which are considered to be of 6000 B C. To reach the caves, one has to trek through
the Ambukutty Mala. It will take around 45 minutes to climb the hill and you will never
get disappointed in your trip to these historic caves.
Inside the cave, you can see two chambers. The lower chamber is 18 ft long, 12 ft wide
and 10 ft high and the upper chamber is 96 ft long, 22 ft wide and 18 ft high. You can
sight carvings of human, animal figures and objects used by humans, on the walls of the
caves. These carvings give great evidence for a highly civilized society who lived in the
pre-historic age. Edakkal caves have drawn great attention of archeologists and
historians worldwide.
Edakkal is the only known
place in India with Stone Age
carvings. You can see here
carvings belonging to
Neolithic and Mesolithic age.
The human figures of these
caves have raised hair and
some have masks. They all
have archeological
significance and are
interesting too. Along with
these pictorial carvings, you
can also watch Tamil and
Brahmi Script in Edakkal caves.
Edakkal is said to have some links with Indus Valley Civilization too. Around 400 signs
were discovered recently, which had shown its relationship with the ancient civilization.
The prominent among them was ‘a man with a jar cup’.These are some of the history
that I have collected about wayanad.there Is a lot more about this wonderful
place.Thank you for reading these note.

-Adithya.S.Anoop

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