The Megalithic Culture of South India

Contents: Recent investigations on south Indian Megaliths with reference to Karnataka: Emerging trends; A. Sundara The astronomical significance of the Megalithic sites at Nilaskal and Byse Srikumar M. Menon, Mayank N. Vahia and Kailash Rao M. Excavation at Kurugodu, in Karnataka; M. Mahadevaiah, N. Veeraraghavan The Megalithic burials of Tamil Nadu: An analysis; S.B. Darsana Immaiyum Marumaiyum: An exploration into the Cognitive Universe of the early historic Tamil Country; V. Selvakumar; The Porunthal excavation and its Megalithic monuments; K. Rajan Archaeology of Bhavani River Valley, Tamil Nadu; V.P. Yathees Kumar; Excavations of the urn burial site at Adichanallur, Tamil Nadu 2003-04; M. Nambirajan, Arun Malik and C.R. Gayathri; Archaeology of Namakkal region, Tamil Nadu; S. Selvakumar, M. Rajesh Recent discoveries of archaeological sites in the Kalvarayan hills, Tamil Nadu; R. Ramesh; Archaeology of lower Vaigai river valley, Tamil Nadu; P. Balamurugan New interpretations on the typology of the Megalithic monuments and recent finds in Kerala Jenee Peter; Megalithic remains excavated from a Cist burial at Niramakulam, district Pathanamthitta, Kerala; Ajit Kumar and Ambily C.S; Significant characteristics of Megalithic culture in Andhra Pradesh; K.P. Rao Megalithic culture of Andhra Pradesh: A review; P.C. Venkatasubbaiah Megalithic half-Anthropomorphic statue sites in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh; Raghu Babu; Megalithic Art of Andhra Pradesh; N. Chandramouli Megalithic Rock Art in Rayalaseema – Andhra Pradesh: Recent discoveries; V. Ramabrahmam; Excavation of non-Sepulchral Megalithic burials at Hirapur, Maharashtra; Kantikumar A. Pawar & Kim Yongjun; Survey of Stone Circles at Junapani; Riza Abbas, Mayank N. Vahia and Aniket Sule; Transforming the Dead: Social implications of Horse remains in Megalithic burials of Vidarbha Region Shantanu Vaidya and Pankaj Goyal Architecture of Megalithic burials, district Nagpur; Akash D. Gedam; Excavation at Malli, district Gondia, Maharashtra 2010-11; Virag G. Sontakke and Anand V. Bhoyar; Meadows Taylor and south Indian Megaliths; C.B. Patil; Megalithic culture: A prelude to the subsequent economic growth in Peninsular India and the Deccan; G.K. Lama Origin and authorship of Indian Megaliths; Vinay Kumar; The Megalithic culture of Adwa Valley in north-central Vindhyas; V.D. Misra, B.B. Misra, J.N. Pal, M.C. Gupta and Ajai Kumar Misra Legacy of Megalithic practices in Bihar: An ethno-archaeological study; Sachin Kumar Tiwary Burial traditions in Uttarakhand and trans-Himalayas including Tibet; R.C. Bhatt, Vinod Nautiyal, P.M. Saklani, Sudhir Nautiyal, Sanjiv Juyal and Hari Chauhan; The Megalithic tradition of the Chekhesangs of Manipur; P. Binodini Devi; Dolmen and its associated culture in Korean Peninsula Lee Youngmoon and Kim Yongjun Indian Megaliths in wider context.