An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c16.s2.11

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It appears that the Sothi Ware in India is not the only one immediately underlying the Harappa. In Punjab its counterpart has been called the BARA Ware, after a site located on the Sutlej. Like the Sothi, the Bara Ware also continued to be in vogue during the Harappa and late Harappa phases at sites like ROPAR, KOTLA NIHANG KHAN, SARANGPUR and SANGHOL. It is also a wheelturned red ware with paintings executed in black, but by and large it is thicker and sturdier and also deeper in colour than the usual Sothi Ware. Decorative motifs are generally geometric but are restricted in variety. It may however be pointed out that the Bara Ware is not likely to have flourished in isolation. On the one hand a few of the decorative motifs show similarity with those found at some of the well-known sites in Baluchistan and Sind, such as Damb Sadaat and Kot Diji, and on the other a few show similarity with those occurring on pots in Fabrics B, D and F of KALIBANGAN.