Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c11.97

c11.97

The actual paste of the pottery is normally buff or pinkish, the former relatively soft but the latter, especially in those pots showing influence from Harappā ware, usually somewhat harder. There is frequently a pale red or sometimes a whitish slip, on which painted ornament is placed, mainly in black but with an occasional use of red in broad horizontal bands. Apparently under Harappā influence, black-on-red wares appear, the red, however, being paler than the strong red slip characteristic of Harappā or of so much of the Zhob Valley wares. There is a small proportion of hard, fine, pale grey sherds, sometimes with burnished surface and of simple profiles, and grey ware is also used for large storage jars, and in one instance for a vessel with incised ornament, copying a stone original.