USGALIMAL ROCK CARVINGS, is located on the banks of river Kushavati, these engravings exhibit earliest traces of human settlement in India.
These petroglyphs (rock art) are approximately 20,000 to 30,000 years old and belong to the Upper Paleolithic or Mesolithic eras. More than 100 distinct figures, spread an area of 500 sq m., including images of bulls, labyrinths and human figures are carved on laterite stones.
The site was discovered by archaeologists working in the area in 1993, when local villagers took them to the bend in west-flowing river Kushavati outside the village, with mysterious engravings on the laterite shelf.
Some of the finds are displayed in the Panaji Archaeological Museum.
