Kodumanal

Kodumanal reveals a megalithic belief in the afterlife

The Kodumanal excavation of 10 pots and bowls, instead of the usual three or four pots, placed outside three-chambered burial cists and inside the cairn circle, threw light on burial rituals and the concept of an afterlife in megalithic culture.
A team from the State Department of Archaeology, Chennai, led by J. Ranjith, Archaeology Officer and Project Director for the Kodumanal excavation, has identified 250 cairn circles at the village in Erode district.
Earlier excavations revealed that the site served as a trade-cum-industrial centre from the 5th century BCE to the 1st century BCE.
The rectangular chambered cists, each two metres long and six metres wide, are made of stone slabs, and the entire grave is surrounded by boulders that form a circle.
The grave could be of a village head or the head of the community as the size of two boulders, each facing east and west, are bigger than other boulders.
Believing that the deceased person will get a new life after death, pots and bowls filled with grains were placed outside the chambers.
This is probably the first time that 10 pots have been found near the cists during excavations in the State.
Previous excavations have revealed that multi-ethnic groups lived at the village, located about 500 metres away from the Noyyal river.
Mr. Ranjith told The Hindu that the findings unearthed so far include an animal skull, possibly of a wolf or a dog; precious stones like beryl, carnelian, quartz, jasper, beads, gold pieces and needles; copper smelting units; the mud walls of a workshop; potteries; and Tamil Brahmi script.

Source: TH

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