India, May 30 -- The megaliths of Jharkhand, the sociological and archaeological relics of India's Adivasis, are yet to receive any concrete recognition which can protect them from complete destruction as a result of mining and developmental projects according to the researcher who has played a critical role in bringing them to public attention.

Hazaribagh-based researcher and author Subhashis Das has spent three decades of his life documenting these ancient structures. The ground reality though, he told this reporter, is very different.

In reality, things have not progressed much, and these ancient structures.

He points to the famous megalithic site of Chokahatu, which lies in Bundu in Ranchi district. It is yet to be declared a UNESC...