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Partially excavated pit dwellings

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Pit dwellings

🇮🇳 India · Ancient village

Burzahom — Pit Dwellings Extension Terrace

Neolithic (3100–1500 BCE) then Megalithic · Kashmir Neolithic (Burzahom)

Burzahom — Pit Dwellings Extension Terrace in Jammu and Kashmir, India is a Neolithic (3100–1500 BCE) then Megalithic ancient-village attributed to Kashmir Neolithic (Burzahom).