Historians discover 4,000-year-old menhirs in Yadadri

Telangana Today ^ | July 30, 2021 | Siddharth Rao

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A team of historians and archaeologists from the Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam (KTCB) discovered two menhirs, ancient standing stones, dating back to some 4,000 years in Yadadri-Bhongir district.

These menhirs, according to archaeologist and KTCB convenor Sreeramoju Haragopal, seemed to be the kind that were installed at burial sites of some significance...

Of the two menhirs found, one stood erect and intact while the other one, partially broken, was found in a field near Venkatapuram village, Turkapalli mandal. The intact menhir stands 15 feet high and four feet wide. “It is broad in the bottom and tapers towards the top,” said Haragopal. The other one is of a similar size but was found fallen on the ground.

The team dates the find to about 2000 BC...

Ahobilam Karunakar, Mohammad Naseer and Korivi Gopal of KTCB discovered them as a part of their exploration to find historically significant places, sculptures and monuments in Telangana. While no further excavations have been carried out in the surrounding area, KTCB wants to protect these menhirs. “A lot of menhirs across the State have been removed for housing or farming or other activities but we want to protect these as they represent the ancient culture,” Haragopal said...

The word ‘Menhir’ means a ‘standing stone’. Menhirs were erected in the ancient world at various locations globally, for various purposes. “Many menhirs were installed at places of significance, burial sites, etc. At some places, several menhirs were installed together in a formation, usually for an astronomical significance but when a single menhir was installed, it was usually at a burial site,” explains Haragopal.

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(this links to an earlier article because the pic wouldn't load from this Telegana Today site)

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[Sacajaweau]

Just discovered these?? Really...those electric poles are what....40 years old

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[Robert DeLong]

That is not what is pictured at the website. I tried to grab the picture and post it, but it doe not post. So, my guess is he found pictures of other Menhir, and chose one that showed many of them.

So, it is not the one the article is talking about. 🙂

[Robert DeLong]

I tried to post it, but it wasn't coming out for me. 🙂

Did you change something?

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I haven’t seen that word since I last read an “Asterix the Gaul” book.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelix

Cartoon Pic of menhir at link

[Sacajaweau]

okay...

[SunkenCiv]

Well, “menhir” is an obviously patriarchal term!!! /rimshot

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I found it on a different website...

[SunkenCiv]

I couldn’t get it to work either, so, nice job n&v.

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You’re right, it should be “chickher.”

[SunkenCiv]

Sacajaweau, snarking in a GGG topic? What a four leaf clover. The reason for the change of graphic source is right there in the post with the graphic.