[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.c9.s1.18 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s1.18 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s1.18 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s1.18) The megaliths of n.-w. and n. India \[4.17.1, 2\] are isolated and inadequately studied; those of Chota Nagpur and e. India \[4.17.4, 5\] have an additional disadvantage in that megalithism is still a living tradition in these regions. Those of the Vindhyan region \[4.17.3\] do not present a uniform picture in that some have been regarded as Chalcolithic and others as belonging to the Iron Age. The c. Indian megaliths \[4.17.6\] have vague links with those of the Deccan and s. India \[4.17.7-10\], which are the main zone of the Megalithic culture in the 1st millennium B.C. References to megalithism in early Tamil literature (Srinivasan, 1946, pp. 9-16) lend it a historical aspect in its dying phase, but the major part of its life falls in the realm of prehistory. - [Previous: v1.c9.s1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s1.17) - [Next: v1.c9.s1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s1.19) - [Up: v1.c9.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s1.18) · Pramāṇa