[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c16.s16.10 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c16.s16.10 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c16.s16.10 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c16.s16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c16.s16.10) \[A Greek origin of the NBPW has been assumed on account of its superficial resemblance to the Greek Black Ware (Marshall, 1951, 2, p. 432; Wheeler, 1959, p. 30). This is most unlikely, as (1) in Bhir Mound, Taxila, it is essentially pre-Alexandrian (\*AI\*, 10 and 11, 1954 and 1955, p. 23), though Wheeler, \[1959, p. 31\] sought to dismiss this as the result of a defective observation of stratification; (2) laboratory tests have shown that the technique of manufacture was different in each case (\*ibid.\*, p. 30); and (3) the NBPW originated in the e. part of the n. and middle Ganga valley where and at a time when there were no Greek contacts.\] - [Previous: v1.c16.s16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c16.s16.9) - [Next: v1.c16.s16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c16.s16.11) - [Up: v1.c16.s16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c16.s16) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhir Mound](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.bhir-mound) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c16.s16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c16.s16.10) · Pramāṇa