An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c31.672

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*Pd II* (1st to 4th centuries A.D.). This again consists of layers of sea sand 2·55 m in thickness and the potsherds are affected in the same way as in Pd I. The quantities of red ware and the black ware are almost equal. The red ware is burnished, slipped and coarse, the shapes including globular pots and short-spouted pots. The black ware is decorated with punch, impressed or incised designs and then burnished. The shapes are cooking pots with ledged shoulder, lids, etc. Only one piece of the Red Polished Ware [11.23] and few sherds of amphora [11.19] have been found. The antiquities include shell bangles.