PULLURBANDA
Megalithic
Burial Site
Location:
Pullur (v), in Siddipet (M) in Medak (Dist). The Pullur village is about 115 kms from
Hyderabad, 12 kms towards south of siddipet town, 2kms from the 10 km point on
siddipet –Kamareddy road. The megalithic site is 1km to the Northeast of
village, at the foot of a large granite outcrop, towards ritht on the way to
Malyala village. With coordinates of Longitude 78° 48' 52 77''E and 18° 10' 41
69'' N the megalithic.
History:
The first megalithic burial consists of a
menhir–pit–stone circle bounded by twelve unworked granite boulders, one of
which bears a cupmark. The grave is covered by three large, dressed capstones
arranged on an east–west axis in an anthropomorphic layout. These capstones
contain grinding grooves, indicating an earlier Chalcolithic presence that used
the nearby granite outcrop for tool production.
The burial pit is a north–south oriented, rectangular
shaft measuring approximately 3 × 1.5 m and 1.8 m deep. Stratigraphic layers
include humus, loose red morrum with microliths, compact morrum, and underlying
granite bedrock. At a depth of about 140 cm, iron objects—such as a lance,
dagger, arrowheads, tongs, a sickle, a trowel—and a terracotta ring were
recovered, along with redware, black-and-redware, and blackware ceramics. Two
broken redware pots containing skeletal remains were found at the base of the
pit, one supported by three stones. The upper portion of the pit was filled
with alluvial clay.
About
Excavation
The Department of Heritage Telangana (Archaeology and
Musuems) excavated three megalithic burials at Pullur(v), in Siddipet(M) in
MedaK (Dist), in July and August of 2015.
The village is about 115 kms from Hyderabad, 12 kms towards south of
siddipet town, 2kms from the 10 km point on siddipet –Kamareddy road. The
megalithic site is 1km to the Northeast of village, at the foot of a large
granite outcrop, towards ritht on the way to Malyala village. With coordinates of
Longitude 78° 48' 52 77''E and 18° 10' 41 69'' N the megalithic site is spread
over 20 acres consisting of around 30 megalithic burials of 4 types, dolmens,
stone circles, menhirs and cairn circles.
Scope of the Excavations:
The Excavations of the site at Pullur village
were undertaken with the following Objectives:
Ø To
understand the constructional patterns of the monastic complex
Ø To
understand the cultural life of the people who had inhabited this part of the
region
Ø To
understand the art style that prevailed in this region
Ø To
develop comprehensive understanding of the Early History of Telangana
