At which place it was a general practice to lay the dead with head towards North?

At which place it was a general practice to lay the dead with head towards North? Correct Answer Inamgaon

Inamgaon

• It is a site on the river Ghod, a tributary of the Bhima. It was occupied between 3600 and 2700 years ago.
• Here, adults were generally buried in the ground, laid out straight, with the head towards the north. Sometimes burials were within the houses.
• Vessels that probably contained food and water were placed with the dead.
• One man was found buried in a large, four-legged clay jar in the courtyard of a five-roomed house (one of the largest houses at the site), in the centre of the settlement.
• This house also had a granary. The body was placed in a cross-legged position.

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Occupations at Inamgaon

• Archaeologists have found seeds of wheat, barley, rice, pulses, millets, peas and sesame.
• Bones of a number of animals, many bearing cut marks that show they may have been used as food, have also been found.
• These include cattle, buffalo, goat, sheep, dog, horse, ass, pig, sambhar, spotted deer, blackbuck, antelope, hare, and mongoose, besides birds, crocodile, turtle, crab and fish. There is evidence that fruits such as ber, amla, jamun, dates and a variety of berries were collected.