[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.c35.129 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c35.129 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c35.129 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c35.129) Because of its likely association with the \*Mahābhārata\*, times it is Pd II that brings Hastināpura into the limelight. Archaeologically the material culture of this Pd is known as the PGW culture \[4.15\] after the very distinctive ceramic industry of the times. The Ware \[11.14\] is grey in colour and painted over in black pigment with designs which include dots, dashes, horizontal, oblique or criss-cross lines, sigmas, spirals, \*svastikas\*, etc. The shapes comprise the dish, bowl and globular vase, i.e. \*thālīs\*, \*kaṭorās\* and \*loṭās\*, making the typical Indian dinner set. Besides the PGW there are the Black-slipped Ware \[11.13\], and black-and-red \[11.6.3\] and red wares, the last-named accounting for the largest percentage. - [Previous: v2.c35.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c35.128) - [Next: v2.c35.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c35.130) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c35) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c35.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c35.129) · Pramāṇa