An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c16.s23.3

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The high degree of finish led archaeologists to consider it as an imported ware or at least an imitation of the Roman Samian Ware [Subbarao, 1958, pp. 46-7, 137], but the nuclear region of the ware, its quantity, the large number of its types with fundamental differences and a probable pre-Christian beginning tends to show its indigenous origin.