Archeological evidence for early dance includes 9,000-year-old paintings in India at the Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, and Egyptian tomb paintings depicting dancing figures, dated c. 3300 BC. It has been proposed that before the invention of written languages, dance was an important part of the oral and performance methods of passing stories down from generation to generation. The use of dance in ecstatictrance states and healing rituals

Journalist, photographer (sometimes Photojournalist) Subhash Tomar, is also an author and broadcaster. Though he mostly works freelance, sending his photos and articles to magazines, journals, and newspapers worldwide, he usually features as the Newspaper architecture and design correspondent. He has written many novels.