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Distribution outside of Indus

Distribution outside of Indus

Section titled “Distribution outside of Indus”

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  • Pit, Urn Burials in south Indian neo-chalco sites and 2 burials marked by stones were found at Watgal.
  • Sarchophagus burial at Inamgaon**.
  • Megaliths of Vindhyas belong to per iron chalcolithic context
  • Megaliths in peninsular India is associated with iron
  • What does the separation of places of the living and the dead signify?
    • Shift in social organisation

Various Types of Burials

Section titled “Various Types of Burials”

There are 3 basic types of megaliths :

  • chamber tombs
  • unchambered tombs
  • and megaliths not connected with burials

Unchambered burials are of 3 types

  • Pit burials,
  • urn burials
  • sarcophagus burials.

Q.) In megalithic culture, if the chamber in underground it is known as a?

  • Cist

Q.) If he chamber in partly underground it is known as a?

  • Dolemnoid cist found at Porkalam

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Q.) If the chamber is full above the ground it is known as a?

  • Dolmen

Q.) Chambers are sometimes divided into vertical slabs are called?

  • Transepts

Q.) If a pit burial is marked by a circle of large stones it is known as?

  • Pit Circle

Q.) If a pit burial has a heap of large stones piled on top it is known as a ?

  • Cairn

Q.) If both stone circle and pile up stones are present in a burial it is known as a?

  • Cairn stone circle

Q.) If a pit burial is marked by a single large standing stone slab it is called a ?

  • Menhir

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Image unavailable in web version: Menhir kundan kudai (hood stone) Dolmenoid cist/dolmen Cairn cirde Topikat Multiple hood stones

Image unavailable in web version: Stone alignment Top opening Bench Steps Rock-cut cave Urn burial Port hole cist

Image unavailable in web version: Sarcophagcs in do•.menoid cist Transepted cist

Various sites/ Distribution in India outside of the Indus

Section titled “Various sites/ Distribution in India outside of the Indus”

==Refer Anki==

PYQs

Section titled “PYQs”
  1. Discuss the extent, settlement patterns and subsistence economy of the megalithic cultures. [2012, 30m]