[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c21.s12.1 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c21.s12.1 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c21.s12.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.s12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s12.1) The three essential components in a pottery kiln are: (1) a fire-chamber with one or more fire-places, where fuel is burnt in a continuous supply of air; (2) vents to transfer the hot gases generated in the fire-chamber into the baking chamber; (3) a baking chamber which is an enclosed space, like an oven, where the sun-dried clay objects are carefully stacked and heated to the required temperature. Depending upon how the draught of hot gases moves within the baking chamber, the pottery kilns are called: (1) vertical up-draught kiln, (2) vertical down-draught kiln, and (3) horizontal kiln. - [Previous: v1.c21.s11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s11.4) - [Next: v1.c21.s12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s12.2) - [Up: v1.c21.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s12.1) · Pramāṇa