An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s8.22

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The pre-Harappa pottery [11.2] of KALIBANGAN has been classified by Thapar into six fabrics: Fabric A, the most commonly used pottery, wheelmade, having irregular striation, carelessly potted, paintings in black and white, criss-cross moustache-like bifold designs, etc.; Fabric B, wheelmade, treated up to the shoulder with red slip and the lower area while wet covered by a thin clayey solution and roughened by horizontal or wavy combing; Fabric C, a fine-textured pottery painted with naturalistic designs, nearer to the Harappa Ware [11.3]; Fabric D, a red ware with sharp incised designs; and Fabrics E and F distinguished essentially by surface treatment, Fabric E being buff and Fabric F grey.