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Image of स्वस्तिक on a #Petroglyph in #India (At ~3900 mtr altitude)

Petroglyph = Carving on rock/rock piece #RockArt

• Place = Manda village, Zanskar Valley (#Ladakh)
• Dating = 50 BCE (~2000 yrs ago)

Pic 1 – Zanskar Valley on Map
Pic 2 – Found Petroglyph
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~0.6 mtr stone piece has a carving of स्वस्तिक using a sharp stone tool. Such an art is first time discovered in this region and probably in #India too.

Pic 3 – स्वस्तिक image highlighted
Pic 4 – Traditional स्वस्तिक (Understanding Purpose)
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From a nearby sanctuary, स्वस्तिक variant carved on a stone plate (See the image) is also found (~50 BCE)

It is not a petroglyph but an important connecting link of Swastika with #Ladakh region from the same era as of the petroglyph depicted in the above tweet
Kind attention : @DimpleAtra
Note -
In 2016, a joint expedition by Indian and Russian explorers are credited to this discovery.
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