What Books And Buries Tell Us - Class 6 History - Extra Questions

Megaliths are stone boulders. These were used to mark burial sites. The practice of erecting megaliths began about 3000 years ago, and are found in Deccan, South India and North-eastern India.

In the society, 'raja' was one of the highest civil positions. 'Rajas' were the kings of the community, whereas the 'dasas' / 'dasis' were at the lowest position in society. The 'dasas' / 'dasis' were slaves who used for work. They were treated as the property of their owners. They were captured in war by the kings and wealthy people. 

Inamgaon is a site on the river Ghod, a tributary of the river Bhima in Maharashtra. 

Megaliths were prevalent in the Deccan, South India, in the North-east and Kashmir. 

Black and Red Ware are words used for pots that were buried with the dead. 

Megaliths are stone boulders used to mark burial sites. They were prevalent around 3000 years ago in the Deccan, South India, in the northeast and in Kashmir. Some megaliths are seen on surface and some are underground. Sometimes a circle of stone boulders or a single large stone is found standing on the ground, to indicate the position of burials. 

The stone boulders were called megaliths. These were arranged by the people and were used to mark the burial sites. The practice of arranging megaliths started 3000 years ago.  It was prevalent throughout the Deccan, South India, in the north-east Kashmir.

Sometimes megaliths contain more than one skeleton. This indicates that families were buried together. 

Stone boulders used for marking burial sites are called megaliths. The word megalith can be split in two parts, mega means big and lith means stone or boulder.

Sometimes, more objects are in found in one grave than in another. This indicates that people were buried according to their social status. In Brahmagiri, a skeleton was found with 33 gold beads, 2 stone beads, 4 copper bangles, and a conch shell. Whereas other skeletons have only a few pots.