An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.232

v2.c28.232

Sub-pd I A represented by a 1 m thick deposit was characterized mainly by the black-and-red ware [11.6.3], PGW [11.14] and plain black-slipped [11.13] and coarse red wares, in the lower levels the black-and-red ware preponderating over the PGW but the position was reversed in the upper layers. The basic froms in the black-and-red ware are the bowl with vertical sides and sharpened rim or having a grooved carination at the shoulder and the dish with an inturned featureless rim or vertical sides and featureless rim and convex sides forming a sagger base. The black-slipped ware is very restricted in quantity. The associated red-ware types are mainly represented by various jars with splayed-out rims of HASTINĀPURA Pd II type. No structure was encountered, though there were hearths, closed and open-mouthed, successive mud floors with post-holes, patches of ash and traces of burnt reed-impressed mud plaster. The material equipment is augmented by a number of iron, terracotta and bone objects.