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Mudu Konaje Megalithic Dolmen Site -Plutus Academy Current Affairs

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Mudu Konaje Megalithic Dolmen Site -Plutus Academy Current Affairs

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  1. Plutus Academy

  2. Megalithic Dolmen Site in Karnataka GS1: Culture

  3. Why in the news? • Recent archaeological excavations near Moodbidri, Dakshina Kannada • Diverse collection of terracotta figurines discovered • Findings include bone and iron fragments • Unearths historical significance of Mudu Konaje megalithic dolmen site

  4. Megalithic Dolmen Site at MuduKonaje • Discovered by historian Pundikai Ganapayya Bhat in the 1980s • Located approximately 8 km from Moodbidri • Once the largest megalithic dolmen site with nine dolmens on a stone hill • Sadly, only two dolmens remain intact, others have deteriorated over time

  5. Understanding Megalithic Culture • Characterized by various types of burials and the use of iron • Construction of large stone monuments like dolmens, menhirs, and cairns • Dolmens consist of large clockwise-arranged stone slabs (orthostats) creating square rooms • Massive stone slab as capstone closes the square chamber • Typical round or U-shaped entrance (port-hole) on the eastern slab • Known by diverse names in South India, e.g., Kalmane, PandavaraMane, MoriyaraMane

  6. Dolmen

  7. Significance of Terracotta Figurines • Discovery of eight figurines inside dolmens, disturbed by treasure hunters • Figurines include two cow bovines, one mother goddess, two peacocks, a horse, hand of a mother goddess, and an unidentified object • Cow bovines crucial for determining dolmen chronology • Terracottas provide insights into the Bhoota cult or Daiva Aradhane of coastal Karnataka • Parallels to cow goddess figurines in Malampuzha (Kerala) and Egypt • Terracotta figurines from Mudu Konaje dated to 800-700 BC

  8. Terracotta Figurines Found

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