thumb|An 1820 painting showing a Hindu funeral procession in South India. The pyre is to the left, near a river, the lead mourner is walking in front, the dead body is wrapped in white and is being carried to the cremation pyre, relatives and friends follow.Museum record 2007,3005.2 The British Museum, London Hinduism and Jainism are notable for not only allowing but prescribing cremation. Cremation in India is first attested in the Cemetery H culture (from c. 1900 BCE), considered the last phase of Indus Valley Civilisation and beginning of the Vedic civilization. The Rigveda contains a reference to the emerging practice, in RV 10.15.14, where the forefathers "both cremated (agnidagdhá-) and uncremated (ánagnidagdha-)" are invoked.
thumb|an 1820 painting showing a hindu funeral procession in south india the pyre is to the left near a river the lead mourner is walking in front the dead body is wrapped in white and is being carried to the cremation pyre relatives and friends followmuseum record 200730052 the british museum london hinduism and jainism are notable for not only allowing but prescribing cremation cremation in india is first attested in the cemetery h culture (from c 1900 bce) considered the last phase of indus valley civilisation and beginning of the vedic civilization the rigveda contains a reference to the emerging practice in rv 101514 where the forefathers "both cremated (agnidagdhá-) and uncremated (ánagnidagdha-)" are invoked