An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.77

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*Pd I, Chalcolithic*. This Pd has been divided into three phases on the basis of the ceramic assemblage. Phase Ia has yielded mostly convex-sided bowls in the black-and-red ware [11.6.2] and sherds of the buff and imitation buff-slipped ware. In Phase Ib there is an absence of the buff and buff-slipped wares, while the grey ware, cut ware and ribbed ware occur in large quantities. In Phase Ic the sharply carinated bowl appear in the black-and-red ware together with the Lustrous Red Ware [11.9]. The black-and-red ware is however the most distinctive pottery at the site. It is often painted with white before firing, so that sometimes only the impressions of designs or negatives are left. The bowl is the most recurrent type in this ware, next in frequency being the globular vessel, the *loṭā*-like vessel and the jar. A few sherds bear graffito marks [20.1] The associated wares include the metallic grey ware, the unburnished and burnished grey wares, the red-tan metallic ware and the red-slipped ware. Of great interest is the bowl and the dish-on-stand in the metallic grey ware. A common type in the unburnished and burnished grey wares is a flat, shallow, coarse-bottomed vessel called the pan and identified with the present-day *tavā*. The stepped dish in the red-tan metallic ware made of well-levigated clay and finely finished shows similarities with the Harappa pottery [11.3].