Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c20.s3.t4.3

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The megalithic burials may be broadly classified into three groups: the chamber tombs, the unchambered graves and monuments not actually associated with burials. There are many sub-groups such as (a) urn burial, (b) sarchophagus burial, (c) pit burial, (d) dolmen or table-stone-chamber raised from above the ground, (e) passage chambers of north Karnataka, (f) port-hole chambers (g) topikal or hat-stone in the lateritic area of Kerala, (h) kudaikal or umbrella-stone at Kolappuram, Koduvayur etc., (i) menhirs or long-stone in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, (j) rock-cut chambers of Kerala (k) cists or round receptacles stones in the quartzite-sandstone region of Andhra-Karnataka, (l) stone circle with cairn filling in Vidarbha region and so on.