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On the stone monuments of the Khasi hill tribes, and on some of the peculiar rites and customs of the peoplearticle 1872 • Godwin-Austen, H. H.
Khasi • Asia > South Asia
Major Godwin-Austen, Deputy Superintendent Topographical Survey of India, discusses several earlier descriptios of Khasi monuments and funerary customs. He describes the monuments and their distribution in the areas peripherial to the Khasi groups. A...Further notes on the rude stone monuments of the Khasi hill tribesarticle 1876 • Godwin-Austen, H. H.
Khasi • Asia > South Asia
This document contains brief comments and descriptions of megalithic stone monuments observed by Godwin-Austin in the Khasi hills, along with photographs of the structures. Also included are a sketch and comments on cairns observed in the same area. ...