Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar (4 May 1919 – 3 April 1988) was an India

India

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n archeologist.

In 1958 Wakankar discovered the Bhimbetka

Bhimbetka

The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological World Heritage site located in Raisen District in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in India; a number of analyses suggest that at least some of these shelters were inhabited by man...

 rock caves. In 1970 UNESCO

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 inscribed the Bhimbetka

Bhimbetka

The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological World Heritage site located in Raisen District in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in India; a number of analyses suggest that at least some of these shelters were inhabited by man...

 rock caves as a World Heritage Site. The Bhimbetka

Bhimbetka

The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological World Heritage site located in Raisen District in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in India; a number of analyses suggest that at least some of these shelters were inhabited by man...

 rock caves exhibit the earliest traces of human life in India.
He is considered as the father of rock art

Rock art

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 in India and established the Wakankar Indological/ Cultural Research Trust http://members.rediff.com/wakankar/ in Ujjain

Ujjain

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, India

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. In 1975, he was awarded the Padmashree award, one of India's highest civilian honors. He was actively involved with Sanskar Bharatihttp://www.sanskarbharti.org.