Discuss the burial system of Inamgaon.
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Adults were buried in pits in which the whole skeleton was kept. Vessels containing food and water were also placed in the pit. Both types of burials were found within the habitation area, either inside or in the courtyard of the house.
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Till the 1960s, the farmlands around Inamgaon, a small village in the Pune district of Maharashtra, had huge mysterious mounds which had flummoxed locals for generations. When archaeologists, finally began their work here what they found, made history. In Inamgaon, is the unique burial of a 35-year-old male who lived in 1000 BCE. What makes this a stand-out is the fact that this man was buried sitting down in an urn. There are no parallels to this in India.
Over a period of 13 seasons from 1968 to 1983, one of India’s most respected archaeologists Dr MK Dhavalikar conducted a series of excavations that brought to light a lot of new facets to life in Chalcolithic India. Inamgaon was a mid-sized Chacolithic (Bronze age) era settlement that thrived between 1600 BCE -700 BCE. The people who lived here were mostly farmers who had knowledge of making copper implements. A large stash of pottery was also found here. While all this made Inamgaon an important site, what made it a stand-out was the fact that of the 243 burials found here, there were many that could not be explained.