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Assam, near Shillong. Typical of groups of stones about 12ft high. We were told that...

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Photo 531(10)
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Assam, near Shillong. Typical of groups of stones about 12ft high. We were told that they are memorials to the dead, the uprights representing men and the horizontal ones women. I don't know if this is correct. Photographer: Unknown.
Date
17 Mar 1953
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Genre: Historical Events. Group of standing stones. Small snapshot. Subjects = stone circles.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Assam, near Shillong. Typical of groups of stones about 12ft high. We were told that they are memorials to the dead, the uprights representing men and the horizontal ones women. I don't know if this is correct. Photographer: Unknown.