[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.s12.6 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c21.s12.6 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c21.s12.6 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.s12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s12.6) The firing may take 8 to 16 hours or more, depending upon the size of the pile and its contents. The potter continuously keeps a watch on the pile to cover any hole through which heat may escape. In laboratory experiment the temperature of an open fire using cow-dung cakes as the main fuel has been found to reach 950° to 1000° C (a temperature of 800° C is adequate for baking pottery). The potter allows a sufficiently long time, two days or more, for the pile to cool so that the risk of breakage is minimized. - [Previous: v1.c21.s12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s12.5) - [Next: v1.c21.s12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s12.7) - [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.s12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s12.6) · Pramāṇa