▁to ▁fade . ▁Phot ograph s ▁apparently ▁taken ▁by ▁F aw c ett ▁had ▁been ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁Mad ras ▁Museum ▁and ▁the ▁Royal ▁Anth rop ological ▁Institute . ▁While ▁the ▁ones ▁in ▁the ▁Mad ras ▁Museum ▁were ▁lost ▁or ▁allowed ▁to ▁fade , ▁those ▁in ▁the ▁R . A . I . ▁were ▁re - ph ot ograph ed ▁before ▁they ▁f aded . ▁These ▁were ▁later ▁published ▁by ▁Gordon ▁( 1 9 5 1 ). ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁Dr . ▁Bo iv in ▁in ▁association ▁with ▁R avi ▁Kor is ett ar ▁of ▁the ▁K arn ata ka ▁University ▁carried ▁out ▁a ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁site ▁and ▁published ▁photograph s ▁which ▁effectively ▁make ▁it ▁only ▁the ▁second ▁time ▁that ▁photograph s ▁of ▁the ▁K up gal ▁pet rog lyph s ▁have ▁been ▁published . ▁ ▁The ▁south ▁Indian ▁Ne ol ith ic ▁Although ▁later ▁in ▁date ▁than ▁the ▁proto - Har app an ▁ne ol ith ic ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁third ▁to ▁first ▁mill en ni um ▁BC , ▁the ▁south ▁Indian ▁ne ol ith ic ▁( which ▁actually ▁over laps ▁with ▁the ▁M ature ▁phase ▁of ▁the ▁Har app an ▁Civil isation ), ▁is ▁of ▁special ▁interest ▁to ▁research ers . ▁This ▁is ▁because , ▁unlike ▁the ▁ne ol ith ic ▁of ▁Bal uch istan ▁and ▁eastern ▁Afghan istan ▁( which ▁share ▁similar ities ▁with ▁the ▁ne ol ith ic ▁of ▁neighbour ing ▁South - west ▁Asia ), ▁the ▁south ▁Indian ▁ne ol ith ic ▁features