Doddalathur Megalithic Site : Excavation
A team of history and archaeology scholars and students from the University of Mysore have embarked on an excavation of megalithic burial sites in Chamarajanagar district (Karnataka).
- Doddalathur village, Hanur taluk, Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka. Situated in a small valley formed by the Male Mahadeshwara Hill ranges.
- Identified by C. Krishnamurti of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 1961.
- The site corresponds to the Iron Age, broadly placed between 1200 BC and 300 CE in South India.
- Contains hundreds of megalithic burials characterized by circles made of large boulders. Many burials remain intact despite agricultural expansion and land development.
- Current excavation led by a team from the University of Mysore and the Mythic Society, Bengaluru, with a focus on understanding megalithic-iron age culture and providing field training to archaeology students.
