Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (RD)

Udupi, Jan 26: A massive stone-age tomb has been unearthed at Bokkepatna, near Kambalagadde in Haladi village here, on the land owned by Ratnakar Hegde, stated Dr B Jagdish Shetty, head of the department of Poornaprajna College on Thursday, January 24.

The tomb was discovered when leveling a hillock. Dr B Jagdish Shetty, accompanied by Prof Gurumurthy K K, head of the department of history, Cross Land College, Brahmavar, while visiting the site found that the entrance of a circular shaped tomb was covered with stone slabs, while the bottom looked like a semi-circle, Dr Shetty said.

It resembles the massive remains of stone-age artifacts which were found enroute to ancient sites which run through Kelakenjalu, Mradakendu, Balali, Kirady, Haklady, Harkady, Cherkady, Valthoor, Nidpady and Sri Mahalingeshwar temple, Bramavar, he added.

Dr Shetty had also discovered a stone-age axe and machets which were unearthed from the river bed during summer, lying in the vicinity of Kukkudakadav and Themmannakudru. The area points of iron-age dwellers who lived in this area, since a few iron artifacts were also found.  Several samples of both stone-age and iron-age artifacts have also been unearthed across the coast from Kundapur to Kasargod, said Dr Shetty.