[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.s17 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c16.s17: 11.17 Vesiculated Ware An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c16.s17 - **Language:** English ### 11.17 Vesiculated Ware ### [v1.c16.s17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c16.s17.1) This ware was first obtained in the excavation at NAGDA in 1955 and was called 'granulated ware' from the occurrence of grains or flakes embedded in the fabric of the plain red ware giving it a coarse surface. This nomenclature was later changed to Vesiculated Ware at the suggestion of Wheeler (in personal conversation). ### [v1.c16.s17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c16.s17.2) At NAGDA it occurred in the lower levels of Pd II, \*c.\* 750-500 B.C. and continued throughout in Pd III, \*c.\* 500-200 B.C. The principal shapes in this wheel-made medium-to-coarse ware are the basin and the jar but the appearance of this granulated feature is particularly noticeable in the carinated jar. This distinctive feature may have arisen out of the practical need for the frequent handling of the jar, and the rough surface provided by the flakes or grains offered an easy grip. It was treated sometimes with a slip but often with a thin wash. ### [v1.c16.s17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c16.s17.3) This Ware occurs also at UJJAIN, where it first made its appearance in Pd I, \*c.\* 750-500 B.C., in the shapes of the bowl with splayed rim, jar with vertical splayed out-turned or out-curved rim and \*hāṇḍī\* with incurved externally thickened rim and constricted neck. It continued in Pd III, \*c.\* 500-200 B.C., in the shapes of the basin with horizontally splayed rim and vertical sides, jar with splayed and flanged rim, \*hāṇḍī\* with out-turned rim and lid-\*cum\*-inkpot \[20.2\] in the typical shape. ### [v1.c16.s17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c16.s17.4) For sites see respective entries in vol. II.—N.R. BANERJEE ## Linked texts (1) - [Nagda](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.nagda) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c16.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c16.s17) · Pramāṇa