[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.c38.258 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.258 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.258 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c38.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.258) The cemetery of Lothal lay to the n.-w. of the lower city beyond the peripheral wall. Twenty graves—each a rectangular n.-s. pit—were identified. The bodies were kept in an extended position, except three which had the bodies lying on the side. One of the graves contained two bodies, but in view of the difference among anthropologists whether one was a male and other a female, these graves being illustrative of the practice of \*satī\* would remain an open question. One of the skulls was trephined, either shortly before death or post-mortem. The graves were poorly furnished with pottery. One of them had bones of goat besides human remains and another a bovine jaw-bone. The graves belonged to Phase III, the earlier cemeteries remaining unidentified and the later one being washed away by floods. Considering the limited number of burials it would appear that other methods of the disposal of the dead might have been in vogue. - [Previous: v2.c38.257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.257) - [Next: v2.c38.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.259) - [Up: v2.c38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38) ## Linked texts (1) - [Lothal](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.lothal) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.258) · Pramāṇa