8 PERRY, Megalithic Monuments and Ancient Mines. 



presence there of a cultural influence of a kind closely 

 allied to that of southern India. 14 



Copper was formerly extensively smelted in large 

 quantities in South India, Rajputana, Chota Nagpur, and 



MALABAR 

 COAST 



Map II, to show the distribution of megalithic monuments (stippled areas), ancient 



gold (circular spots) and copper mines (square spots), diamonds 



(lozenge spots) and other precious stones (crosses). 



in places on the outer Himalaya, such as Kullu, Gharwal, 

 Nepal, Sikkhim and Bhutan. 1 ' Gold was formerly pro- 



14 Oldham. " The Sun and the Serpent." London, 1905. 



15 Schoff. " The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea," p. 151. New York, 

 1912 : Gowland. Jourl. Roy. Anth. Inst., XLIL, 1912. 



