Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c13.136

v2.c13.136

Although all these monuments are properly ascribed to the people or peoples who settled in Java before the Hindu colonisation, it should not be imagined that they are all to be dated before the introduction of that civilisation. They continued to be built throughout the Hindu period, particularly in those regions where the Hindu influence was comparatively weak. It may not be without interest to note that even to-day the megalithic tombs of the types II (b) and II (c) described above are in use among the people of Sumba. On the whole, therefore, while the monuments described above may justly be regarded as characteristic of the pre-Hindu settlers, they cannot all be described as remains of the pre-Hindu period.