Megalithic traditions of North East India is not only diverse and unique, but also topical since it brings in an amalgamation of the past and the present. Starting at pre-history, but intruding into the historic and ethnographic present, these stones have innumerable stories and narratives connected to them. This book brings together fourteen chapters on megaliths of the region-which focuses not only on the diversity existent, but also one common thread that binds it all- its living nature.
Megalithic Traditions of North East India is first of its kind-where scholars from six states of the region have put in their works at a common platform. The book unifies the region in terms of a living culture, but also underlines the multiple traditions existent in the region.