Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Bhimbetka rock shelters" in English language version.
The paintings of the earlier five phases ( A - E ) belong to the prehistoric or Mesolithic stage. The oldest of them may be dated to 10,000 BC
Based on C - 14 dates they are placed between 40,000 and 25,000 BP ( Wakankar 1987)
The microlithic occupation there is the last one, as the Stone Age started there with Acheulian times. These rock shelters have been used to light fires even up to recent times by the tribals. This is re-fleeted in the scatter of 14C dates from Bhimbetka
the rock shelter site of Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh exhibits the earliest traces of human life