Question

Why did people worship dead ancestors and keep boulders on the buried sites?

Answer 1

Instructions: The answer to this question can be approached in the following way:

• Define megaliths and describe their significance.
• Describe the various reasons due to which people used to worship their dead ancestors in the early times.

Solution:

• In earlier times, people used to carefully arrange boulders on the burial sites. These boulders were called megaliths.
• Megaliths were erected to indicate the existence of the burial sites which were present underneath them.
• It was considered crucial to worship the dead ancestors by building megalithic memorials or burials.
• People used to worship their dead ancestors to express their love and respect towards them and to acquire a good fortune.