A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c8.22

c8.22

The Nilgiri cairns and barrows are different from the Megaliths of the plain in their structural details and pottery. The bronze vases and bowls found there were thought by Richards to have a philogenetic connexion with a gold bowl from Ur discovered by Woolley. Other likenesses were also discovered by the earlier archæologists, but until their work is checked again and confirmed by fresh studies, no conclusions can be drawn from such vague and stray data.