[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.c29.1073 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.1073 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.1073 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.1073](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.1073) In Pd II, Megalithic, domestic buildings appear to have been of the same kind as those of the preceding Pd. Polished stone axes and microliths occasionally occur as survivals. What is more distinctive of this culture is the use of iron of offensive and agricultural use, such as a sickle, knife and wedge, an object later identified as coulter, sword, spear and arrowhead. The pottery \[11.15.3\], entirely different from that of the preceding culture, is of mainly three fabrics: highly polished Black-and-red Ware; all-black ware; and bright as well as coarse dull-red ware. Typical are: the hemispherical deep bowl, shallow dish, tulip-shaped bowl, funnel-shaped lid, ringed lid, connoid and dish-on-stand in all-black ware and Black-and-red Ware; vase and shallow dish in bright-red ware, and lid with flanged waist and three-legged pot in coarse red ware. Not all the types of the habitation site are found in the excavated adjacent megalithic burials. Graffiti \[20.1\] are more frequent on the pottery from the burials than from the habitation site. Of ornaments a bangle of shell and beads of shell, terracotta, magnesite, jasper and steatite have been found. - [Previous: v2.c29.1072](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.1072) - [Next: v2.c29.1074](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.1074) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.1073](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.1073) · Pramāṇa