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Discuss the extent, settlement pattern and subsistence economy of the megalithic cultures.
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- Megalithic Cultures
The term megalith — from the Greek megas (great) and lithos (stone) — denotes not any large-stone structure but a specific class of monument with sepulchral, commemorative, or ritual intent, overwhelmingly associated in the Indian context with burials. Read only as tombstones, however, the megaliths tell us far less than they can: their distribution maps…
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- Extent and Regional Distribution
- Settlement Pattern
- Subsistence Economy
- Agriculture
- Pastoralism, Hunting, and Fishing
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