An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c16.s15.t1.5

v1.c16.s15.t1.5

ous ware in which mica has been used as *degraissant* is thick and fragile. In order of frequency the micaceous red ware predominates, followed by the Black-and-red Ware, the crude red ware and all-black ware. Except simple shapes the pot-forms are quite different from Megalithic ones of the Deccan and s. India, though there is an exception at RANJALA in the Tapti valley where the conical vessel and tulip-shaped vase similar to those obtained from BRAHMAGIRI is available. Again, some lids, knobbed and animal-finialed, in black ware resemble those from the s. Dts of Tamil Nadu. Some of the micaceous red pots are painted in black with linear designs. The coarse red ware has applied finger-tip decoration. The shapes obtaining in the different wares are as follows: the globular pot with flared rim, bowl with a hole-mouth, ring-stand, etc., in the micaceous red ware; the dish, bowl in different varieties, some perforated, and ring-stand in the Black-and-red Ware; the storage jar, cylindrical jar, ring-stand, bowl, vase, basin and spouted pot in the coarse red ware; and the dish and bowl in the all-black ware.