Tumulus Cemetery Temple 32 — India Region 8
Period Late Holocene·Regional culture Temple-Universal·🇮🇳 India Region 8, India
About
About Tumulus Cemetery Temple 32 — India Region 8
Tumulus Cemetery Temple 32 — India Region 8 in India Region 8, India is a Neolithic temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Temple-Universal temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment
- 02Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Period Late Holocene
- Culture
- Regional culture Temple-Universal
- Purpose
- temple-complex ritual/settlement purpose for Temple-Universal
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1923
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Tumulus Cemetery Temple 32 — India Region 8
1990 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Tumulus Cemetery Temple 32 — India Region 8
On the ground
Structures & features
20.2062° N · 33.5599° E · 910 m · 3 mapped features
Tumulus Cemetery Temple 32 — India Region 8 — Principal Temple
templetemple at Tumulus Cemetery Temple 32 — India Region 8 — subsidiary complex
20.2059° N · 33.5611° ETumulus Cemetery Temple 32 — India Region 8 — Northern Altar
altaraltar at Tumulus Cemetery Temple 32 — India Region 8 — outlier feature
20.2059° N · 33.5618° ETumulus Cemetery Temple 32 — India Region 8 — Southern Shrine
shrineshrine at Tumulus Cemetery Temple 32 — India Region 8 — hydraulic feature
20.2047° N · 33.5588° E