[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.c29.90 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.90 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.90 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.90) Lal, 1953, tried to provide a ceramic context to the Copper Hoards of the Ganga valley by suggesting that they were associated with the so-called OCW \[4.12\]. The occurrence of a red ware of ochre-coloured ware with copper objects at Bahadrabad seemed to lend support to this view. But the discovery of a copper harpoon at SAIPAI in a regular excavation along with a pottery which has little in common with the Bahadrabad pottery has thrown doubt on that equation. The so-called OCW from other sites, such as ATRANJIKHERA, LAL QILA and JODHPURA is also of a different class and assemblage. (Ghosh, 1973, has doubted the OCW as representing a distinct culture.) In the circumstances all that can be said at present is that the red ware of Bahadrabad appears to have some parallels with the pottery from BARA. The copper objects might well have been manufactured by nomadic craftsmen, such as the Gadul Lohars of the present day and supplied to different but contemporary folks inhabiting the Ganga valley before the arrival of the PGW \[4.15\] people. - [Previous: v2.c29.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.89) - [Next: v2.c29.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.91) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29) ## Linked texts (4) - [Atranjikhera](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.atranjikhera) - [Lal Qila](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.lal-qila) - [Saipai](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.saipai) - [Jodhpura](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.jodhpura) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.90) · Pramāṇa