[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.s17.1 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.1 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.1) Megaliths in India, particularly in peninsular India, include a variety of sepulchral and commemorative monuments which are either built of large stones, rude or chiselled or else associated with a somewhat homogeneous group of the black-and-red ware \[11.15.3\] and an equally homogeneous group of iron tools and weapons. By and large they are collective burials in which post-exposure bones of more than one person are found buried. They occur in cemeteries located in waste land often overlooking a tank or a river valley and cultivated fields. However in a number of examples they are neither built of large stones, nor associated with the black-and-red ware and iron implements; nor do they contain post-exposure bones of several persons. Still when single examples are taken one or the other diagnostic trait is present; otherwise the monument is not qualified to be included under the category of megaliths. - [Previous: v1.c9.s16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s16.10) - [Next: v1.c9.s17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.2) - [Up: v1.c9.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.1) · Pramāṇa