An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.276

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**Banimilia Bahera**, Dt Mirzapur, in the Jangal Mahal area in Tahsil Chunar, a Megalithic [4.17.3] site spread over an extensive area, excavated by A.K. Narain and his assistants of the Banaras Hindu Univ. (*IAR 1962-3*, p. 38), bringing to light four types of monuments: Type 1, cairns made up of heaped-up stone rubble with a single or multiple capstone; Type 2, cists enclosed by a cairn; Type 3, cairn circles; and Type 4, chamber-type tumuli of dressed stone having a single or multiple capstone and enclosed by a heap of rubble stone. Of the five megaliths that were excavated three belonged to Type 4, and one each to Types 1 and 2. The longer axes of the cists and chambers, oriented e.-w., is broader and higher on the w. than on the e. Ill-fired dull-red ware sometimes with a red-slip, overfired red ware, black-slipped ware and black-and-red ware are the important pottery types. Excepting one, no other megalith contained any skeletal material.