Jharkhand Megaliths:
Jharkhand has initiated a push to secure a UNESCO World Heritage Tag for its extensive megalithic landscapes, with Jharkhand CM highlighting them internationally at Davos and the UK.Megaliths are large stone structures such as menhirs (standing stones), dolmens (table-like tombs), burial slabs, cairns and stone circles.They were built for burials, ancestor memory, rituals, boundary marking, and in some cases tracking the sun’s movement.Jharkhand’s megaliths connect strongly with Adivasi life, especially Munda, Ho, Oraon and Asur traditions. Unlike many megalith sites that are only “old ruins”, Jharkhand has layered landscapes—old stones + new stones added over generations.
