[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965) › c8.6 # Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c8.6 Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c8.6 - **Language:** English ### [c8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c8.6) UTENSILS—A number of household utensils give an idea of the crafts behind them, e. g. \*Amatra\* (a vessel), \*Āhāva\* (a bucket), \*Ukhā\* (a cooking pan), \*Udañchana\* (a bucket for lifting water from a well), \*Kaṁsa\* (a metal pot), \*Kalaśa\* and \*Kumbha\* (water pots), \*Chamasa\* (big bowl), \*Charu\* (cauldron), \*Kadruka\* (a loṭā), \*Droṇa\* (large wooden vessel), \*Dṛiti\* (leather-bag), \*Pariṇahya\* (household utensils), \*Maṇika\* (water-bottle), \*Śūrpa\* (wicker-work basket), \*Sthālī\* (cooking pot), \*Sushirā Sūrmi\* (a hollow tube), \*Dṛishad\* (pounding-stone), etc. - [Previous: c8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c8.5) - [Next: c8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c8.7) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c8.6) · Pramāṇa