Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c11.59

c11.59

In Sind, but apparently not in Baluchistan, there are also appear motifs peculiar to the Amri ware of that region, beginning with the use of red paint in a broad horizontal band between black lines at the top (and in one example at least the bottom) of the decorated area of the pot. There are two interesting variations on the chequer motif - a criss-cross of vertical and horizontal lines, arranged in panels, and panels of squares half-filled diagonally. One example at least shows large pointed oval forms outlined by multiple alternating red and black lines. But these divergent types of ornament (except the use of broad red horizontal bands, which is almost constant) are distinctly uncommon, and most pots have ornamental motifs in common with the Nundara style.