[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.c9.s14.27 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.27 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.27 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.27) The ceramic industry is represented by kiln-burnt plain and painted black-and-red, black, steel-grey and red wares. The pottery, of sandy clay and porous section, is both wheel-turned and handmade and has a thick slip over it. The early specimens of SONPUR are brittle and too small to indicate any shape, but the types at CHIRAND include: the dish-on-stand; long-necked jar; lipped bowl; basin; bowl with ring-base; spouted vessel; four-legged and ring-based perforated pot; lipped jug; trough; dish; bowl; and elongated lipped bowl in black-and-red and red wares; and high-necked \*lota\* with corrugated shoulder in black-slipped and black-and-red wares. Generally bowls and dishes show painted designs in groups of wavy or straight lines or dashes executed in white on a black surface and the necks and shoulders of the vases are painted in creamy white. A few sherds of the black ware show white paintings. The SONPUR specimens have a red-slipped shoulder with creamy dots, a red-ware sherd with black linear painting and two black rims with dark creamy lines and parallel dots. The white-painted black-and-red channel-spouted bowl from ORIUP also deserves mention. The stems of the dishes-on-stand from CHIRAND are plain and corrugated, while a few SONPUR black-and-red samples show incisions and groovings below their rims. - [Previous: v1.c9.s14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.26) - [Next: v1.c9.s14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.28) - [Up: v1.c9.s14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14) ## Linked texts (3) - [Chirand](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.chirand) - [Sonpur](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sonpur) - [Oriup](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.oriup) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.27) · Pramāṇa