] Anthropological sites Bhimbetka rock painting The sprawling caves of  Bhimbetka  located in a  dyke  of the Narmada valley at about 45 km (28.0 mi) northeast of  Bhopal  (between Bhopal and Hoshangabad highway) depicts pre–historic rock shelter paintings (considered an invaluable chronicle in the history of man) which are sculpted on the crest