[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) › v2.c28.547 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.547 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.547 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.547](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.547) \*Pd II\*. Chalcolithic (c. 1500 to 600 B.C.). This Pd is characterized by fine painted pottery, a blade industry and other associated objects. The lowest levels have incised pottery underlying deposits with the white-painted black-and-red ware \[11.6.2\] recalling the corresponding ware from NAGDA and AHAR. The black-painted designs on the red ware are linear and geometric patterns, oblique or vertical strokes, blank or cross-hatched triangles, wavy and zigzag bands and human, animal and plant motifs. On the black-and-red ware the paintings are in light-brown or tan, with designs of bands, strokes, dots, chevrons and crisscross lines, the common types being the bowl, dish and globular vessel. Sometimes the interior is also painted. This pottery is found throughout at GILUND and in the lower levels of MAHESHWAR-NAVDATOLI Blades with blunted back, parallel-sided blades and pen-knife blades show a well-developed blade industry, lunates, scrapers and trapezes being rare. - [Previous: v2.c28.546](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.546) - [Next: v2.c28.548](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.548) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.547](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.547) · Pramāṇa