An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.16

v1.c9.s17.16

'According to local custom or the nature of the subsoil the cist may be built on the natural surface, or partially or completely below it. Thus in the Hyderabad region they are often deeply buried; the BRAHMAGIRI cists were half-buried; whilst in a large megalithic cemetery in the jungle near SAVANDURG, twenty-two miles [about 35 km] west south-west of Bangalore, there are free-standing port-holed “dolmens” intermingled with identical port-holed cists at all stages of submersion below the natural surface down to capstone level.' (Wheeler, 1969, pp. 155-6.)