*Head (LU&USD), Remote Sensing Application Centre, MP Council of Science & Technology, Vigyan Bhawan, Nehru Nagar, Bhopal India

**Project Associate (LU& USD), Remote Sensing Application Centre, MP Council of Science & Technology, Vigyan Bhawan, Nehru Nagar, Bhopal India

 Bhimbetka known for its rock painting, rock shelters & caves were the earliest traces of human life in India were found. The shelters & paintings created by the pre-historic man are as early as 9000 year old. The Bhimbetka is the oldest site in the world where petroglyphs were found. The area has full of natural resources, rich in forest & fauna and all of this makes this area as real site of tourism and adventure. The study area is in Obaidullhaganj Tehsil of Raisen District, M.P., India covering an area of 300 sq.km., is 47 kms from Bhopal on Jabalpur Highway NH-12. The area is surrounded by north fringe of Vindhyans Mountains and covered with huge rocks. Recent discoveries of over 700 hundred rock shelters have brought Bhimbetka on world map. Bhimbetka inscribes as world heritage site by UNESCO in 2004. The site is broadly divided into Core and Buffer area were 243 rock paintings and rock shelters belongs to Bhimbetka group in core area and 178 in Lakha Juar group. The rock shelters, paintings and caves have to be protected and these pre-historic site need to be conserve ecological and environmentally. Remote Sensing and GIS can be effectively used for Archeological applications for preparation of Management Plan for heritage sites. The study has been carried out in collaboration with Archeological Survey of India (ASI), Bhopal Circle with an objective to promote tourism in Bhimbetka area. An attempt has been made using high resolution satellite data (IRS 1D + PAN merged) in conjunction with ground information to map the natural and physical setting of Bhimbetka site to suggest meaningful plan for promotion of tourism and management of natural resources and also to conserve the area ecologically. The recommendation suggested can also be applied for other archeological sites of Madhya Pradesh.