An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.17

v1.c9.s14.17

The tan ware of the lower levels of AHAR² is very close, in its sturdy fabric and shapes like the large dish with beaded rim, dish-on-stand and pot-rest, to the Harappa pottery of Gujarat [11.3]. The black-and-red ware with white decoration would also suggest such a link since this ware is now known to be an integral part of the Harappa culture [4.9] in Kutch and Saurashtra. The discovery of a variant of the Banas culture in Period I C at SURKOTADA further suggests the hypothesis that the first agricultural colonizers of the Banas valley derived their inspiration to some extent at least from the late Harappa culture [4.10] of Gujarat. s. ward pottery similar to that of AHAR² has been found in the earliest Chalcolithic levels at AWRA in Dt Mandsaur, and Pd II at KAYATHA in Dt Ujjain. The exact route of the dispersal of the Banas culture into Mewar and Malwa is however not at present clear.