[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.s17.106 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.106 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.106 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s17.106](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.106) In Dts Salem and Coimbatore the cist with port-hole and with single urn burial inside is the type, and it would appear from the collection in the Government Museum, Madras, that this region has yielded considerable quantities of painted pottery with wavy line design all over the exterior of the pots, whatever be the shape—dish, carinated pot or bowl. The painted pigment is almost identical (except for the wavy design) with the Russet-coated Painted Ware \[11.22\] of the Andhra-Satavāhana levels of BRAHMAGIRI, CHANDRAVALLI, etc. (c. A.D. 50-300). The likelihood of the date being somewhat on the late side by about a century might not be overruled. This pottery is also seen in the vast urn burial sites in single urns for each grave in n. Kerala, as at NATTIGA, close to Triprayar in Dt Trichur. It is more or less the terminal stage of the megalithic or urn burial usage in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. - [Previous: v1.c9.s17.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.105) - [Next: v1.c9.s17.107](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.107) - [Up: v1.c9.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.106](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.106) · Pramāṇa