Ash-mounds have been discovered at which of the following sites?

Maski

Nagarjunakonda

Utnur

Ramapuram

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Neolithic Ashmounds are man-made landscape features found in some parts of south India (mainly in Karnataka) that have been dated to the Neolithic period (3000 to 1200 BC). They are believed to be of ritual significance and produced by early pastoral and agricultural communities by the burning of dung and animal matter. More than a 100 ashmound sites have been identified and many have a low perimeter embankment and some have holes that may have held posts. Their principal excavated sites now include Brahmagiri, Maski, Piklihal, Utnur, Kupgal, Hallur, Nagarjunakonda, Veerapuram, Ramapuram, Hemmige, Sanganakallu, Pallavoy, Paiyampalli, Tekkalakota, Kodekal and Banahalli.

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Neolithic Ashmounds are man-made landscape features found in some parts of south India (mainly in Karnataka) that have been dated to the Neolithic period (3000 to 1200 BC). They are believed to be of ritual significance and produced by early pastoral and agricultural communities by the burning of dung and animal matter. More than a 100 ashmound sites have been identified and many have a low perimeter embankment and some have holes that may have held posts. Their principal excavated sites now include Brahmagiri, Maski, Piklihal, Utnur, Kupgal, Hallur, Nagarjunakonda, Veerapuram, Ramapuram, Hemmige, Sanganakallu, Pallavoy, Paiyampalli, Tekkalakota, Kodekal and Banahalli.

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