An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c11.s28.10

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Ladles with vertical and horizontal handles are made of steatite, copper and bronze, iron, terracotta and bone. The early ones from the Chalcolithic levels of CHANDOLI are made of terracotta. At Charsada a clay bowl ladle belongs to *c.* 600-400 B.C. Ladles of copper are known from PĀṬALIPUTRA, RAIRH, SAMBHAR and Taxila. Ladles with horizontal handles come from Śuṅga levels of PĀṬALIPUTRA and RAIRH. At Taxila a specimen is made of beaten copper in one piece ending with a pointed knob. Ladles with vertical handles come from SAMBHAR and Taxila; the latter has yielded them in many varieties. Iron ones are found in levels of *c.* 300 B.C. to A.D. 200. NAGDA and NASIK have them with a horizontal and vertical handle respectively. NEVASA has both types having bowl-ends. Varieties of similar ones are known from SISUPALGARH, *c.* 200 to 300. Horizontal-handled ladles of 200 B.C. to A.D. 200 are also reported from BHOKARDAN, KAUŚĀMBĪ, NAGDA, NEVASA, PAUNI and RANG MAHAL. They are shallow bowls with long handles. A ladle of terracotta from Taxila belongs to the 5th century A.D. Bone ladles of the 1st century come from Sirkap.