Megaliths of Jharkhand: Destruction of the Megalithic Complex of Chano

Subhashis Das

Cited from my following books :

1. UNKNOWN CIVILIZATION OF PREHISTORIC INDIA: Kaveri Books. New Delhi.

2. THE ARCHAEOASTRONOMY OF A FEW MEGALITHIC SITES OF JHARKAHND. Niyogi Books. New Delhi.

3. LOST HERITAGE OF JHARKHAND INCLUDING MEGALITHS (Colours of Jharkhand). Outlook. Traveller Getaways. New Delhi.

The now demolished tiny yet the most significant megalithic complex of Chano

In this blog page I mention one major megalithic complex of Chano in the state of Jharkhand in East India which I had discovered over 2 decades ago. These stunning megaliths apart from being burials of the dead were created by using using basic geometry and astronomy.

Chano was a very small and insignificant looking megalithic complex. A few slim recumbent stones suggested that they were used as burial covers which differed from the sasandiri type burials of the proto austroloid Mundas, Asurs and other tribes.

The walls of a large dug out from which the villagers collected mud for their use revealed fragments of pottery and microliths. I had collected a few broken Black on Red Ware pottery and even a section of a bone flute apart from iron arrowheads, few iron implements and large amount of iron slags. 
Chano also comprised of a phallus stone. 

The site interestingly had three triangular stones of which two smaller ones were accurately positioned towards the sunrises and sets of the Summer and the Winter Solstices. 

This image shows the accurate positioning of the stones within the complex

We gather to witness the Winter Solstice Sunrise at the now demolished Chano megaliths where the small stone triangle A points towards it.

I am not citing more about the mathematics and alignments of the site in here as for that you need to read my above mentioned books, particularly THE ARCHAEOASTRONOMY OF A FEW MEGALITHIC SITES OF JHARKHAND which can be procured from major book stalls or online from Flipkart or Amazon etc.

 Today this major site exists no more as the land mafia has felled and towed with them the prehistoric stones demolishing this major heritage of our country, forever.