An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c34.280

v2.c34.280

The characteristic ceramic industry of Pd I is a black-and-red Ware [11.6.2], painted over with linear and curvilinear designs in a creamish-white pigment) Also in use were plain and painted black, burnished grey and red wares. The upper levels of the Pd have a few specimens of black-on-cream and black-on-red wares. In addition to microliths and objects of copper, the other small finds comprise sling balls, saddle querns [6. 19] and rubbers of stone, beads of a variety of semiprecious stones and gamesmen [6.7.2] and animal figurines of terracotta. Of the last-named item particularly noteworthy are the bull figurines with a prominent hump and long horns.