The Indus Civilization c9.2

c9.2

THE people of the Indus valley had a large variety of pottery, both decorated and plain. Practically all the ornamented wares are coated with an opaque, red slip, upon which various designs and motifs are painted with a thick black pigment. The clay used for both the plain and painted pottery appears to have come from the adjacent river, and was tempered with sand, generally containing a large percentage of mica, or lime in the form of fine particles, though quite large grains of this material were sometimes included. The pottery made in Mohenjo-daro differs very little in shape and mode of decoration from that of Harappa, and only in a comparatively few cases would it be possible to say definitely in which city a specimen was made.