[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.s17.52 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.52 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.52 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s17.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.52) A Megalithic site excavated at KHUNTITOLI, Dt Ranchi, yielded evidence of a pit dug within a larger pit, containing grave goods including pottery and personal ornaments. The whole pit was filled with earth with a capstone supported on boulders placed over part of it. The jars were of plain red colour as distinct from the black-and-red ware of the s. Indian megaliths. Many of them contained human bones and it will not be unreasonable to conclude that this was an example of post-cremation communal burial. The burial contained a few beads of agate, coral, red paste, copper and bronze and a copper-bronze bangle but not iron nor any datable object. - [Previous: v1.c9.s17.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.51) - [Next: v1.c9.s17.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.53) - [Up: v1.c9.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17) ## Linked texts (1) - [Khuntitoli](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.khuntitoli) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.52) · Pramāṇa