[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.s17.126 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.126 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.126 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s17.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.126) (11) Urn burial: In an urn burial a lid-covered urn containing funerary goods like pottery, beads, ashes, bones etc., is placed in a cylindrical pit, and after placing some more pottery over the urn the pit is filled with clay and covered by a granitic capstone. The area is finally demarcated by a stone circle. Typical megalithic pottery, beads, including those of etched carnelian, and iron objects were found in urn burials at PORKALAM (Thapar, 1952) and MACHAD (Mehra and George, 1978). - [Previous: v1.c9.s17.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.125) - [Next: v1.c9.s17.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.127) - [Up: v1.c9.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17) ## Linked texts (2) - [Machad](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.machad) - [Pazhayannur](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.pazhayannur) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.126) · Pramāṇa