Early India and Pakistan to Ashoka c9.31

c9.31

First, where adequately recorded, the burials are those of bones collected after excarnation or flesh-removal elsewhere. I know of no clear instance of the burial of an articulated skeleton in an Indian megalith or urn-field.⁸⁹ Furthermore, although the bones of several individuals (up to six or more, as represented by skulls) might be included, they were normally bundled together as a single parcel; very rarely is there a suggestion that the same tomb may have been used more than once.