An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.t1.48

v1.c9.s14.t1.48

Except the part of the central Tapti basin covering Dt Dhule where the buff-and-cream ware culture seems to have been followed by the Lustrous Red Ware culture, the famous Malwa culture succeeded the buff-and-cream ware culture in the upper Godavari and parts of the upper Krishna basins in Maharashtra. As is clear from the evidence from DAIMABAD, INAMGAON and CHANDOLI the Malwa people lived in large rectangular mud-wall houses and practised agriculture. They buried their dead in various ways as is evident from the six types of burials found at DAIMABAD: (1) extended (found in the 1958-9 season); (2) double-urn; (3) large bowl placed in the mouth of a globular urn, both placed horizontally; (4) three horizontally placed small bowls of the Malwa Ware; (5) bowls of black burnished ware; and (6) lidded single urn placed vertically. The second and sixth were partial; child burials were found in the renewed excavations.