Why did prehistoric humans choose the Vindhyan rock shelters for burial?

The shelters provided protection from the elements and a permanent marker for the community to remember and honor their dead over generations.

Mesolithic Archeology

UPSC Archival Analysis

Exam Year

2016

Evidence Source

ID: HIS_ANC_2016_43 Ref: V.D. Misra, Some Aspects of Indian Archaeology

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Correct Option: D

The maximum number of human skeletons (seventeen) in the Vindhyas region was found at the Lekhahia rock shelter.