[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.s17.2 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.2 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.2) \*Distribution.\* Except for the plains of Punjab, the Indo-Ganga divide, the Ganga basin, the deserts of Rajasthan and parts of n. Gujarat, megaliths are located practically all over India. However they are concentrated in peninsular India, in the states of Tamil Nadu \[4.17.9\], Kerala \[4.17.10\], Karnataka \[4.17.8\] and Andhra Pradesh \[4.17.7\]; Maharashtra comes next, followed by Madhya Pradesh \[4.17.6\], Uttar Pradesh \[4.17.2, 3\], n.-e. Rajasthan \[4.17.2\], the Kashmir valley (menhirs \[see below\] only) \[4.17.1\] and Ladakh \[4.17.1\]. - [Previous: v1.c9.s17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.1) - [Next: v1.c9.s17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.3) - [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.s17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.2) · Pramāṇa