2,500-year-old burial cave with earthen pots found at Perampally

PTI

Udupi, 22 May 2018: A 2,500 years old burial cave has been found at Moodu Perampally in the district. An extremely old pot that was buried in this cave has been uncovered.

 

The land where the cave is discovered the owner of the land was leveling his territory. He encountered sudden folding of the earth in a piece of his property. Bits of an earthen pot came into the view of local people who were present there. Archeologists, who went to the spot after they got data, burrowed the earth and found the pot having been covered three feet beneath the earth.

 

The archeologists have presumed that this earthen pot is around 2,500 years old. Nothing else other than ashes could be found from the site.

 

The act of covering remnants of the burnt body and valuable belongings of deceased people like ornaments deep in the earth was in vogue thousands of years back in coastal Karnataka. Such burial caves were found here in the past as well yet this is said to be the first occasion when that a full measured earthen pot has been found in the district. Before, burial caves were found in Kannarpady, Korangrapady, Ambalpady, Hebri and Santhoor here.

 

At some point back, relics that are around 2,000 years of age, were found from near-by Shirva, Manchakal and Sooda. These sorts of pots are found to have been being used amid the Stone Age toward the start of 1,200 BC. According to old sacred texts Shivalli village was ruled by Alupa lineage of kings during seventh century as per an edict.

 

The ashes found in the pot has since been sent to the research facility of Deccan College at Pune for carbon dating test and additional studies. Around 25 unique sorts of pot pieces were additionally found at the spot. According to a figure, these might be the relics of the earthen pots utilized burying pulses and corns which used to be filled in earthen pots and burnt along with the ashes. More insights about the finding can be precisely said once research facility report is gotten. On its substance, just ashes were found from the spot, says archaeologist, Prof Murugeshi.