Which of the following sites has yielded Acheulian, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic levels?
Bhimbetka Rock Shelters in Madya Pradesh
The Bhimbetka Rock Shelters in Madhya Pradesh contain a continuous archaeological record with successive occupation levels spanning the Acheulian (Lower Palaeolithic), Middle Palaeolithic, Upper Palaeolithic, and Mesolithic periods.
This makes Bhimbetka one of the most important prehistoric sites in India, also renowned for its rock art and paintings from these different periods.
Chirki-Nevasa, Adamgarh, and Paisra are significant prehistoric sites too, but none shows this same unbroken sequence across all four cultural stages.
Hence, the correct answer is Bhimbetka Rock Shelters in Madhya Pradesh.
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