WithregardtothemegalithicmonumentsofIndia，wecanonlyrepeatwhatwehavealreadysaid。ColonelMeadowsTaylorhascounted2，129
inthedistrictofBellaryDeccanalone。ManylegendsareconnectedwiththemwhichremindusofthoseofEurope，someattributingtheirerectiontodwarfsorrants，tofairiesortogenii，whilstothersthinktheyweretheworkoftheKauranasandPandaves，thecelebratedfamilieswhoselongstruggleisdescribedintheMahabharata，andwereprobablyaboriginalracesofthecontinent。TheplainofJellalabadandofNagpore，studthevalleyofCabulareliterallystrewnwiththesemonuments。TheyarenotlessnumerousinthePresidencyofMadras，wheretheychieflyconsistofsubterraneanchambersmadeofhugeunhewnstonesorofdolmensabovegroundsurroundedbyoneormorecirclesofuprightstones，suchasareshorninFig。65。MajorBiddulph，whenheascendedthevalleysoftheHindooKooshMountains，wasastonishedtoseeoneverysidemegalithicmonumentsresemblingthoseofhisowncountry，and，likethem，theworkofanunknownrace。[161]
DolmenatPallicondah，nearMadrasIndia。
Thisis，ofcourse，butaveryrapidsurveyofthemegalithicmonumentsofourglobe。Theyaremostofthemeithertombsintendedtoholdthebodiesofthedead，ormemorialssetupintheirhonor。Newfactsareconstantlycomingtolightinthisconnection，andwemayaddtowhatwehavealreadysaid，thatbeneaththetumulusofMugen，asintheCabecod’ArudaPortugal，therearenumerousskeletons；
sixty-tworeposeinthesepulchralchamberofMonastierLozere；