Vital discover: The 3,000-year-old iron age Geoglyph circle discovered in Mudichu Thalapalli of Medchal-Malkajgiri district. Photo: Special Arrangement
A geoglyph in the type of a circle, mentioned to be 3,000 years outdated, has been unearthed on the outskirts of Mudichu Thalapalli in the Medchal-Malkajgiri district of Telangana.
Etched on a low-lying granitoid hillock, the geoglyph spans 7.5 metres in diameter and has an ideal round form. Surrounding the circle is a 30-centimetre-wide rim, and throughout the circle are two triangles.
Archaeologist and CEO of Pleach India Foundation E. Sivanagireddy visited the spot on Sunday with a group and examined the geoglyph. They termed it a first-of-its-kind discovery in Telangana.
Seeking to find out the age of the geoglyph, Dr. Sivanagireddy reached out to professor Ravi Korisettar, a prehistoric rock artwork knowledgeable, who dated the geoglyph to the Iron Age, particularly round 1000 BCE. He instructed that this circle may need served as a mannequin for megalithic communities in planning their round burial websites.
Noting the archaeological significance of the geoglyph, which shows the inventive expertise and etching strategies of Telangana’s Iron Age inhabitants, the group appealed to the residents of Moodu Chintalapalli village to guard the placement.
Sanathana, a analysis affiliate at Pleach India Foundation, mentioned the positioning may very well be developed into an archaeological tourism vacation spot, akin to the famend Konkan petroglyph websites in the Ratnagiri zone of Maharashtra. The web site is simply 30-40 kilometres from Hyderabad and Secunderabad, making it simply accessible to vacationers.
Prehistoric rock shelters discovered
Additionally, the group recognized a number of grooves, which they imagine to be from the Neolithic interval, courting to 4000 BCE, situated 5 metres away from the geoglyph.
Also, inside one-kilometre radius of the geoglyph’s location, they discovered three prehistoric rock shelters adorned with depictions of bulls, deer, porcupines and human figures carrying masks. According to the group, these artworks date to Mesolithic and Megalithic intervals.
