[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.s14.30 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.30 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.30 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.30) The post-cremation circular pit-burials at SONPUR and suspected such burials at CHIRAND are noteworthy. The SONPUR burials, having varying diameters of 1·82 to 2·12 m and a depth of 91 cm and containing ash, charred bone pieces and sherds of black, red and black-and-red wares and a handmade jar with 5 kg of charred rice, suggest that the people burnt their dead and buried their charred bones, and also cultivated rice. - [Previous: v1.c9.s14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.29) - [Next: v1.c9.s14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.31) - [Up: v1.c9.s14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14) ## Linked texts (2) - [Chirand](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.chirand) - [Sonpur](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sonpur) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.30) · Pramāṇa