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The local Brahmins raised no objection to my examining 

 these graves, which they said were the homes of Rakshasa 

 who were slain by Rama. 1 



Near the dolmens were what I took to be hut circles. 



In the jungle near by, and all along the banks of the 

 Kristna, are old diamond washing tanks, and heaps of river 

 bed pebbles which had been carefully sorted in the method 

 described by Tavernier. 2 



Further in the jungle I found some old terraces, showing 

 previous long forgotten irrigation, of which there was no 

 record on the Putwari's books. 



So far as we know at present we have the following types 

 of megalithic monuments : — 



Dolmens. Free standing dolmens. 

 Holed kistvaens. 



Circles. Circles around cairns with internal cists. 



Circles around cairns with summit cist and inter- 

 nal cists. 

 Circles around dolmens. 



Circles around menhirs or natural poised rocks. 

 Stone alignments. 



It must not be thought that the attached map, in any way, 

 defines the limits of the megalithic remains, or the ancient 

 mining and smelting areas of the Deccan, save for spots I 

 have personally visited along the borders of the State, I have 

 confined myself to the area under my supervision. 



1. My Brahmin clerk told me that one caste of blacksmiths still bury the 

 cremated ashes of their dead in stone cists. 



2. From this spot the cruciform shape of the quartzite ridge on the south 

 bank of the Kristna below Mugetalah, mentioned by Tavernier, stands out 

 with great clearness, and should remove any doubt as to which village is 

 the Gani Kollur, to which he refers. 



