INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

PHYSICAL PROGRAMME

Recent Explorations/Excavations and New Discoveries of Megalithic Settlements in and Around Vangchhia, Mizoram
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Sujeet Nayan, Deputy Superintending Archaeologist, Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

The recent archaeological explorations/excavations at Vangchhia, a small village in Champhai District of Mizoram has yielded pictographs etched on large stone slabs, over 170 menhirs and a necropolis among other artifacts. The ancient people of Vangchchia carved terraces for their settlements and the main excavated site consists of 15 such carved terraces. Decoding Vangchhia’s ancient art of expressing its culture through material remains is hitherto unknown in the context of megalithic burial traditions