Times of India·2 min read
Frozen like Pompeii, Ujjain’s 42 twisted skeletons await answers
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BHOPAL: Face down. On their backs. Seated. Twisted. Legs raised and folded. Children and adults. Males and females. Some buried, others cremated.Imagine Pompeii without its volcano, bodies caught in curious positions, a vanished community leaving behind fragments of their final rites on a hillock in western Madhya Pradesh.At Kumhar Tekri in Ujjain, 42 skeletons unearthed nearly nine decades ago are waiting for answers.Who were these people? Why were they buried in such strikingly different positions? Were they from different communities?
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