A team of archaeologists from the state unit of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) recently discovered an ancientmegalith siteinHurnali village, located in the temple town ofItkhoriin the district, has sent a proposal to its Delhi office for its conservation.
Megaliths are large prehistoric stones which are erected at burial sites in memory of the departed.
Well-known Hazaribag-based writer and megalithic researcher Subhashis Das, who discovered the Pankri Barwadih megalithic site and an equinox point in Hazaribag, termed the Hurnali megaliths as peculiar in shape.