An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c16.s4.10

v1.c16.s4.10

The incised designs are drawn both on the interior and exterior of vessels. These are executed with sharp teethed instruments, bamboo chips and finger marks or by impressing cord on the wet surface. Large troughs are incised with shallow grooves on the interior in imitation of Fabric D of the early Siswal. Large storage, water or cooking vessels are rusticated on the exterior and decorated with finger or palm impressions, somewhat comparable with Fabric B of the early Siswal tradition. The most characteristic incised designs on the late Harappa pottery represent vertical, oblique or flowing grooves generally overlapping horizontal grooves at the shoulder of cooking *hāṇḍīs* and can be traced back to early Siswal ware from the type site.