What do you mean by the term ‘Megaliths’? Mention the common characteristics found by the
archaeologists in the burial sites of Deccan, regions of South India and Kashmir.
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A megalith is a large pre-historic stone that has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones. Megaliths are spread across the Indian subcontinent, though the bulk of them are found in peninsular India, concentrated in the states of Maharashtra (mainly in Vidarbha), Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In the Indian megalithic especially those in South India, the grave furniture consisted of a large variety of pottery; weapons and implements mostly of iron but often of stone or copper; ornaments like beads of terracotta, semi-precious stones, gold or copper, shell, etc., strung into necklaces or rarely the ear. The dead were usually buried along with distinctive pots. These were called the read ware and black ware. Iron tools and skeletons of horses have also been found from some burial sites. This shows that iron was being used by the Aryans.
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A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones. The word megalithic describes structures made of such large stones without the use of mortar or concrete, representing periods of prehistory characterised by such constructions.Megaliths are very large stones found at most sites of burial from the Sangam Age. The said structure was box-like and was constructed by arranging stone slabs without the application of mortar. Sometimes, the builder would cut an opening into one of the slabs. These structures are also known as memorial stones.
Megalithic burials are found in Northeast and Southeast Asia. They are found mainly in the Korean Peninsula.