29th September 2018.
We came across this megalithic burial site at Sengalur, when we
were travelling from Malayadipatti to Visalur, a part of the Pudukottai Heritage
Visit. This Burial site is under the
control of the Archaeological Survey of India ( ASI ), under an archaeological
Monument without any protection fence, but with a warning sign board. This burial site spreads over a large area of
more than 20 acres dating back to 500 to 300 BCE. One of the largest and more
than 500 cairn circles and urns are found in this burial site.
A large number of pottery wares in red and black, ring stands with
pots, terracotta wares, toy objects, bowls, lids, decorative pieces made of
clay, hundreds of glass beads of precious stones, Topaz, Gold?, Copper articles,
Iron knives, swords are unearthed by
the archaeological department. A variety
of sepulchral monuments like Burial
urns, and cairn circles with cist, are found. The cairn circle stones are laterite of large stones. The rectangular cist side and
covering are made of granite stones. Cairn circles in groups are found, which may be considered for one family. In addition
to this burial urns are found on the open ground. Some of the big urns contain
two to three smaller pots inside. This shows that the complete body was not kept
in the urns, maybe be bones of the dead.
The materials un-earthed indicate that the Stone Age people
were experts in making ornaments and articles in metals and clay. Also, they
lived in the area for at least more than 500 years, and experts are of the opinion that
the people lived up to the 11th century at Sengalur.
HOW TO
REACH:
Sengalur is on the way between Malayadipatti and Visalur.
Sengalur is 32 Km from Trichy and
50 KM from Pudukkottai.
The exposed urn
A Pot inside the urn
Cairn Circles with cist
Cairn Circles
Cairn Circles with cist
Cairn Circles with Cist (Downloaded from the website- thanks to the unknown photographer )
A lone dolmen
at Sittannavasal Hill
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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