Mudu Konaje Megalithic Dolmen Site -Plutus Academy Current Affairs

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Megalithic Dolmen Site in Karnataka

• GS1  Culture

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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

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Megalithic Dolmen Site at Mudu Konaje

• 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

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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, Pandavara Mane, Moriyara Mane

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Dolmen
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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

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Terracotta Figurines Found
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