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Question
List out the features of Megalithic Burial types.
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Solution
- The Iron age is also known as megalithic, since people created burials with large stones for the dead people.
- Within these burials the skeletons or few bones of the dead persons were placed along with ‘ grave goods including iron objects, Camelian beads and bronze objects.
- Some of the burials do not have human bones and they have only the grave goods.
- They may be called memorial burials.
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