The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c14.s1.t7.86

c14.s1.t7.86

Thus at least, we have to state that there was an overlap of the lowest levels of Rangpur with Lothal, considering the pottery published by Vats Pl. XIII and XIV. At Lothal, the most significant pottery type, which marks the advent of a new tradition is the black-and-red ware with paintings. Naturally, the new technique was applied to the older and known forms of the local Harappan, but, the bowl with a slightly everted rim and the bowl with an incipient beaded rim have no parallels at all in any of the Harappan forms. Both the types are associated at Amra.³