Megalith

Subject: History

Section: Art and Culture

The 3,500-year-old Megalithic site is located on the banks of the river Krishna in Narayanpet district, Telangana.
Dotted with about 80 tall stones (niluvu raallu, as locals call them), or menhirs, the five-acre site that dates back to 1500 BC, also has ‘alignment stones’.
Menhir is the name used in Western Europe for a single upright stone erected in prehistoric times; sometimes called a “standing stone“
As there are no inscriptions, there are two schools of thought that attempt to explain why these menhirs were erected.
Some feel the purpose of these stones is to capture the movement of the sun to estimate time.
- As, about 500 meters away, there is another site comprising mounds of boulders and stones.
- Believed to be a burial ground, the site also has a three-foot rectangular stone, which has a ‘sky chart’ chiseled on it.
Or they might have erected it in memory of people or certain occasions.