An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c16.s11.1

v1.c16.s11.1

This ware has been named after the site of JORWE discovered by the writer in 1950, though its stratigraphical and chronological position was understood in the excavation at NASIK. The evidence available so far suggests that the ware is mainly concentrated in Maharashtra, but it travelled up to AHAR² in the n.-w. by way of contacts, to NAVDATOLI in the n. where it occurs in association with the Malwa Ware [11.10] and to such s. sites as TEKKALAKOTA. A degenerate form of the ware of coarse fabric occurs in the late Jorwe phase (1000-700 B.C.) at INAMGAON. The recent evidence from DAIMABAD shows that the ware evolved from the Malwa Ware. The available ¹⁴C dates suggest that this process began around 1400 B.C. One of the reasons of this evolution seems to be the replacement of the slow wheel used for making the Malwa Ware by the fast wheel on which the Jorwe Ware was thrown.