The Prehistoric Megalithic Times...

The Stone Age  

Early humans with stone made implements were first hunter - gatherers.  The presence of such stone hand axes made of Quartizite of the Paleolithic Age have been found in many places of the Kanchipuram district, including Oragadam, Nanmangalam, Pallavaram etc.

Next came the Mesolithic Age with people settled down with huts and cattle around them.

Then came the Megalithic Age with people had better lives with bricks, pottery, iron implements for agriculture and defense. They buried their dead and placed stones in a circle. 

    Each stone circle is left undisturbed where a mini ecosystem is established by nature in the form of trees, bushes, grass and weeds that become home for many insects and birds.

 Archaeological Survey of India has identified some the Megalithic Cists with Stone Circles known as Cairn Circles in the Kanchipuram and Chengalpattu Districts

 Some of the Centrally Protected sites in the neighbourhood are –

 Thirupporur

 Ponmar

 Pudhuppakkam

 Melakkottaiyur

 Unamanjeri

 Padur

 Sithalappakkam