[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Indus Civilization](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935) › c9.4 # The Indus Civilization c9.4 The Indus Civilization c9.4 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c9.4) Although, being wood, no potter’s wheels have yet been found, the kilns in which the pots were baked have survived; they are round structures, between six and seven feet in diameter, with a perforated floor upon which the vessels were laid. A wood fire was kindled in a space below this floor, fed from outside, and the smoke was carried away through a hole in the domed roof—though no kiln is sufficiently well preserved to retain this upper portion. The heating was well controlled, for much of the pottery is most efficiently fired; a few over-baked vessels have come to light, but these had retained their shape sufficiently to be put into use. - [Previous: c9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c9.3) - [Next: c9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c9.5) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c9.4) · Pramāṇa