History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c29.s2.t1.6

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Some megalithic graves show stone alignment, comprising carefully oriented rows of standing stones, set in a square or diagonal plan. The standing stones are generally 1.5 to 2.4 meter in height, but occasionally examples of over 6 meter height are recorded. Small alignments have been reported with as few as three rows of three stones, four rows of four stones, five rows of five stones etc. But sometimes large diagonal alignments with many hundreds of standing stones are reported from Gulbarga district. These monuments are mainly distributed in Central Deccan and in the districts South Hyderabad.