Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c13.8

c13.8

The pottery from all the burials is consistent and characteristic (Fig. 25). The ware is very good, hard and thin, varying from grey to pinkish and sometimes having a clear, yellowish-buff colour. The commonest form is a shallow bowl, usually with a rather sophisticated foot-ring, and allied forms are deeper bowls which may attain a considerable size, or be represented by small cups of similar profile. There are two types of beakers, globular or conical, and characteristic ‘squat pots’ which merge into small bottles with small necks and feet and a bulbous body. Exceptional forms are footed bowls and a bowl on four legs, and a couple of triple vessels each of three conjoined units.