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This site, between the villages of Punkree and Barawadhi, is also under study by Mr. Subhashis Das principal of a school in Hazaribag. Hazaribag is a small town to the north of Ranchi the capital of the state of Jarkhand, formerly South Bihar,  The principal stones, perhaps remnants of a large stone circle, occupy the centre of an open, dome-shaped area about 400/500 metres in diameter. There is much evidence of iron smelting on the surface here with many nodules of iron ore slag. |
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The standing and recumbent stones.
The largest menhirs still erect are shown here. S1 and S2 form a row close together and S3 stands at 90 degrees to this row. |
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Looking across the site from an earthfast recumbent stone set on edge. | 
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| From this stance, aligning the sloping edges of S1 and S2, the hill notch on the horizon sits symmetrically within the V formed by the stone tops. Here the sun will rise at both equinoxes. | 
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The Spring Equinox 2005.
This site has come under government protection since the astronomical potentials have been publicised by Subhashis Das. At the Spring Equinox 2005 television crews and more than 2000 people assembled to witness the first flash of sunlight through the V notch between the stones. |
Subhashis Das. |
Ganju shrine Prantic's Alignment. |
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