Paliya
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The Paliya or Khambhi is a type of a memorial found in the western regions of the India subcontinent, especially Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and also in Sindh region of Pakistan. They mostly commemorate the death of a person. These stone monuments have symbols and inscriptions.[1] There are several types of memorials including dedicated to warriors (mostly Charanas), sailors, sati, animals and figures associated with folklore.[2] They are important in ethnography and epigraphy.[citation needed]
Those dedicated to warriors fall under the term hero stone, of which examples are found all over India.