Kodumanal Excavations Indicate Megalithic Belief in Afterlife

A team from the State Department of Archaeology, Chennaihas identified 250 cairn-circles from the excavation at the Kodumanalvillage in Erode district(Tamil Nadu)during which it made discoveries that reveal the megalithic belief in afterlife.

Highlights of Recent Excavations at Kodumanal

  • A recent recovery of 10 pots and bowlsfilled with grains, instead of the usual three or four pots, placed outside three-chambered burial cists and inside the cairn-circle, throws light on theburial rituals in megalithic culture.It also suggests that there was a popular belief that the deceased person will get a new life after death.
  • The rectangular chambered cists, each two metres long ....
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