An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c16.s26: 11.26 Glazed Ware
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11.26 Glazed Ware
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Potsherds, light buff in colour and with a heavy turquoise blue glaze, have been found at Chaubara and Maholi mounds near MATHURA and at several other sites in the vicinity. The pottery has been dated to the Kushan period. However it bears no similarity to the reddish buff Kushan ware which abounds around MATHURA and is completely different from the later-day medieval (Islamic) glazed ware. The shapes, as ascertainable from the fragments, include finials and bases of *stūpas*.
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Waddington, 1942, is of the view that glazed ware was known in China during the Kushan period of India and that there are references to Chinese travellers visiting Mathura at this time. Hence it is quite likely that the glazed ware was brought by Chinese pilgrims in the form of votive *stūpas*.
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Waddington, H., 1942, in *Jour. U.P. Hist. Soc.*, 15, p. 138.—H.P. RAY