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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: DrugdhamnaCountry: India
NOTE: This site is 87.641 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Nagpur Nearest Village: Drugdhamna
Latitude: 21.187430N Longitude: 78.224230E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Stone Circle in India. An ancient human burial site, estimated to be 3,000 years old, was recently unearthed at Drugdhamna on the Nagpur-Amravati road by the department of ancient Indian history, culture and archaeology, Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University.
The department head Pradeep Meshram told the Times of India that recently the department received information about the existence of some old structures on Nagpur-Amravati road. Later, a team comprising Pradeep Meshram, Kelellu Ismail, Priyadarshi Khobragade and some postgraduate students explored the site near Mhada Colony in Drugdhamna and found megalithic stone circles.
Describing the site, Meshram informed that huge boulders were arranged in a circular manner. It is assumed that ashes or bodies were buried in the middle of the circle, where a huge stone called ‘Menhir’ was erected, thus indicating the place as human burial site.
'Menhir' culture is still followed in India, Meshram said adding a similar stone sculpture has been erected at Shakti Sthal (New Delhi), where Indira Gandhi was cremated.
Meshram said stones measuring between 7.5 metre and 10 metres length were used in forming outer circle and another big stone (80 cm in height) erected in the middle.
Megalithic culture existed in 8th century BC and it’s presence can be felt in and around Nagpur, he said pointing out that similar site was also discovered, some four years ago, at Daulameti village near Ordnance Factory at Ambajhari.
Source: The Times of India
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