Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c7.s5.6
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c7.s5.6
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b. Perforated pottery is a peculiar type of cylindrical shape ranging from 2 to 20 inches. Either it served as a heater with live-coals, or as a religious vessel for sprinkling water through multiple perforations as one used even today in the expiatory ceremony for a child born under an ill-omened star (Hindi, Sattāisā, सत्ताइस).