[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c17.s4.8 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s4.8 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s4.8 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c17.s4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.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. \[For Megalithic burials see 4.17.\] - [Previous: v1.c17.s4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s4.7) - [Next: v1.c17.s4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s4.9) - [Up: v1.c17.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s4.8) · Pramāṇa