ALIGARH, March 28 -- Dr. M. Nazrul Bari, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University attended a three-day international conference on 'History, Art, Archaeology and Culture' organized by the Himachal Pradesh State Museum, Shimla, and presented a research article titled, "Characterisation of Deer in Early Indian Art (An Archaeo-Literary Analysis)".

Dr. Bari observed that animals of different varieties have been an integral part of human life since time immemorial and the oldest evidence of a special association between human beings and deer, beyond hunting is found at a tomb of the Musterian period of the middle Palaeolithic age found in Qafzeh (Israel).

He traced the religious representation of deer in anc...