An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c16.s3.8

v1.c16.s3.8

In the peripheral region of the Harappa culture from the Sutlej to the Yamuna, characteristic Harappa forms in red ware like the dish with projected rim and carinated shoulder, the globular vessel with a flange round the neck, the shallow dish with incurved rim, the perforated pot and the jar-stand with a concave profile are noticed but in a limited number, whereas a few new types such as the dish-on-stand with drooping rim, the jar with horizontally splayed-out rim, the medium-sized jar with everted rim, the bowl-like lid with central knob and a few miniature pots with a ring or pedestalled base are in profusion. The type sites are ROPAR and ALAMGIRPUR. In thick grey ware the types are limited. The painted motifs comprise simple bands, triangles, mat designs, rows of hatched diamonds with horizontal bands, chains within bands, leaf patterns and dancing peacocks with hatched body or crane. The incised decorations have parallels at BARA, the position of which is enigmatic. The Harappa pottery of this region has some typological affinities with the OCW [4.12] which is circumstantially associated with Copper Hoards [4.11].