Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c12.155

c12.155

The decorated pottery of the Harappā Culture (Pls. 6 and 7) gives one an immediate clue to its likely origins, for it is a black-on-red ware, the designs being painted on a deep red, lustrous slip. This strongly suggests that its connexions lie with the North Baluchistan wares, such as those of the Rana Ghundai III phase at Periano Ghundai and other sites. But already the Harappā styles have taken on a characteristically individual form which do not in themselves seem to owe much to North Baluchistan styles of pot painting; on the other hand they have certain quite strong similarities with the Kulli style of the south.