An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s4.8
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s4.8
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v1.c17.s4.8
As by this time cremation had virtually replaced inhumation there is hardly any archaeological evidence of the practices concerning the disposal of the dead. [The Buddhist (and Jaina) *stūpas* form an entirely different category see 12.8. [For Megalithic burials see 4.17.]