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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part I History Literature &c. 1888

1888

Our first impression was suspicion of fraud on the part of the Lamas ; but after a minute examination of every detail wo could not discover the least deception the characters all appeared to na portions of the loaf itself equally with its veins and nerves the position was not the same in all; in one leaf they would be at the top of the leaf ; in another in thb middle ; in a third at the base [...] A rock-cat cave on an adjoining hill shows that the place was in existence in the days of the Pallavas or probably about or before the 7th century A. D. The name itself shows the origin of the town and from the extensive nature of these burial-places the settlement was probably a large one. [...] Wo have endevoured to show that the practices of modern burying castes may be referred to as elucidating some of the ancient customs connected with these tombs ; and in this instance the placing of the tomb partly above the natural surface of the ground has its counterpart in the burying of the body up to its waist in the grave. [...] In an interesting article on pro-historic tombs in Malabar it has been stated that the protuberance on the botom of such round sepulchral urns probably signifies a representation of the as uteri ; being emblematic of the religious ideas connected with the earth-goddess and that such a burial was emblematic of the return of the individual to the womb of Mother Earth. [...] The contents of the Pallivararn tombs are all quite plain and with the exception of the crude notching* around the top of some of the larger tombs there is no ornament of any sort : nor is there absolutely any on any of the small chatties yet found.
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Pages
50
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i The Philological Secretary view
Frontmatter
i-iii The Philological Secretary view
The Sacred and Ornamental Characters of Tibet.—By Sarat Chandra Dás
41-48 The Philological Secretary view
Some Pre-Historic Burial-Places in Southern India.—By A. Rea M. R. A. S.
48-71 The Philological Secretary view
The Mother of Jahángir.—.By Mahámahopádhyáya Kavirája Shyámal Dás M. R. A. S. F. R. H. S. Court Poet and Historian Udaipur. Translated from the Hindi by Bábu Rám Prasád
71-75 The Philological Secretary view
Remarks on the above paper.—By H. Beveridge Esq. C. S.
75-77 The Philological Secretary view
Kudarkot Inscription of Takshadatta.—By A. Führer Ph. D.
77-82 The Philological Secretary view

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