[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) › v2.c38.165 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.165 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.165 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c38.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.165) the people who erected them, and he found an explanation of the phenomena encountered by him in the rites of cremation and post-cremation prescribed in the Vedas. On the basis of this hypothesis he identified the gold female figure as Pṛthvī, the earth-goddess, and ascribed the mounds to a pre-Mauryan age. After him the mounds came to be known rather loosely as Vedic burials mounds. - [Previous: v2.c38.164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.164) - [Next: v2.c38.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.166) - [Up: v2.c38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.165) · Pramāṇa