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Chapter: What books and burials tell us?
Chapter: Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic
Q.1 Answer the following questions.
a) Megaliths in India are dated before 3000 BC, with recent findings dated back to 5000 BC
in southern India. Megaliths are found in almost all parts of southern India. There is also a
broad time evolution with the megaliths in central India and the upper Indus valley where
the oldest megaliths are found, while those in the east are of much later date.
A large fraction of these is assumed to be associated with burial or post burial rituals,
including memorials for those whose remains may or may not be available. The case-
example is that of Brahmagiri, which was excavated in 1975 and helped establish the
culture sequence in south Indian prehistory.
i) Name any three things that archeologists have excavated from these megalithic
sites.​

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Answer:

This data includes artifacts (portable objects made or modified by humans),

features (non-portable modifications to the site itself such as post molds, burials, and hearths),

ecofacts (evidence of human activity through organic remains such as animal bones,

pollen, or charcoal), and archaeological context