[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950) › c13.7 # Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c13.7 Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c13.7 - **Language:** English ### [c13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c13.7) The inhumations where identified all appeared to be of complete bodies lying on their backs or sides with the legs flexed. Grave-goods in most instances consisted of groups of pots, but copper or bronze tools and ornaments, stone beads and alabaster cups also occurred. Two burials, Stein’s A and B, had richer grave-goods than the others. The skeleton discovered in burial A seems to have been that of a man buried crouched on his right side; in the grave there were more than fifty pottery bowls, cups and beakers, a copper stamp-seal, a stone pestle, a bead of ruby-like stone, a stone blade and a group of twelve marine shells (\*Natica asellus\*) against the skull. Burial B (certainly male) had again a wealth of pottery vessels stacked in ‘nests’ of up to five bowls, a necklace of lapis, agate and onyx beads, a copper spear-head and a heavy, shaft-hole copper axe. The presence of animal bones, some charred, in certain of the vessels accompanying these and other burials suggests that funeral bakemeats had been deposited with the corpse. - [Previous: c13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c13.6) - [Next: c13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c13.8) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c13) ## Cites (1) - [Shāhī-tump](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.shahi-tump) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c13.7) · Pramāṇa