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Zone code: IND-LAD-IUT-Zo01
Igu Upshi Thang
unknown
Engraved rocks scattered along the plateau between Igu and Upshi on the Leh-Manali road. The land is classified as 'defence land' and access was forbidden by numerous signs in English.
none

road
bank, river, valley
Comments on the environment: Right bank of the Indus.

scattered
medium

open air
petroglyph
granite
boulder

pre-historic

Visits: Martin, Vernier (2004): systematic
exploited
Comments on the condition: The easily accessible plateau area is mined for stone: numerous truck tracks.

Statistics of the zone

item #
rocks 6
surfaces 9
motifs 63
scenes 7

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Rocks

Motif statistics

    Category and identification
  • anthropomorph: 10
  • architecture: 0
  • artefact: 0
  • indeterminate: 18
  • inscription: 0
  • other: 0
  • plant: 0
  • sign: 1
  • zoomorph: 34
    Scene description
  • battle: 0
  • ceremonial: 0
  • confrontation: 0
  • domestication: 0
  • duel: 0
  • hunt: 4
  • image and text: 0
  • inter-species group: 0
  • intra-species group: 2
  • mating: 0
  • none: 0
  • other: 1
  • pair: 0
  • predation: 0
  • religious: 0
    Patina
  • fresh: 0
  • clear: 0
  • medium: 0
  • dark: 63
  • very dark: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Production technique
  • abraded: 0
  • combination: 0
  • hammered: 61
  • incised: 0
  • painted: 0
  • pecked: 2
  • unknown: 0
    Period
  • contemporary: 0
  • historic: 0
  • pre-historic: 45
  • unknown: 18
    Direction
  • front view: 0
  • left: 0
  • right: 0
  • reading sense: 0
  • aerial: 0
  • none: 63
  • unknown: 0
    Drawing
  • contour: 13
  • silhouette: 47
  • combination: 1
  • unknown: 2
    Style
  • rectilinear: 3
  • curvilinear: 1
  • parallel: 1
  • rectoparallel: 0
  • rectangular: 2
  • rectotriangular: 2
  • triangular: 0
  • bitriangular: 1
  • Eurasian animal style: 0
  • other: 0
  • non specific: 53