An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c31.119

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**Darauli**, Dt Udaipur. Early Stone Age (Lower Palaeolithic [4.2]) tools were found as also black-and-red ware unassociated with microliths. The ware born a family likeness to the Chalcolithic pottery found at AHAR² [11.6.2]. The usual shapes comprised: the convex-sided bowl with a flared or everted rim and sometimes with a flanged shoulder; straight-sided bowl with an everted rim; bowl with a carinated shoulder and everted rim; and jar with a flared mouth. The pots were generally painted externally and occasionally internally in various designs with a whitish pigment; the designs consisted of vertical and oblique strokes, concentric circles, chevrons, dots and intersecting arcs. Besides sherds of polished red ware and burnished black ware were also found in ample quantities. *IAR 1956-7; 1962-3.*