Usgalimal Rock Engravings

The Usgalimal rock engravings lie on the bed of the Kushavati River outside Usgalimal village in Sanguem taluka, South Goa, roughly 16 km south of Rivona. Carved roughly 4,000 to 6,000 years ago in the Neolithic period, they are among the earliest signs of human settlement in Goa and rank among the major prehistoric sites of western India.

More than 100 separate figures, including bulls, labyrinths and people, are carved into a laterite shelf spread over about 500 square metres. Villagers led archaeologists to the spot in 1993, after monsoon floods had washed away the mud covering the carvings. The ASI later added signage and promoted the site for visitors, and the Forest Department declared it protected. It is reached by a winding path about a kilometre below the road from Rivona to Neturlim, and some finds are shown in the archaeological museum in Panaji.