[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.c36.30 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c36.30 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c36.30 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c36.30) The principal ceramic of the Pd is the characteristic black-on-red Jorwe painted pottery \[11.11\] represented by the concave-sided carinated bowl, spouted vessel and high-necked jar. Associated with this is a coarse red/grey ware which continues from Pd I. Huge storage jars are entirely handmade; they are sometimes decorated with incised and applied patterns. The tool outfit of the preceding Pd continues in this Pd also. The people worshipped the mother goddesses \[12.6\], one variety with head and the other headless. In a house belonging to the early levels of this Pd have been found in a small corner hole an oval clay box containing a mother goddess figurine and over the box another figurine but without head and a clay bull. All the objects are unbaked inidcating their occasional use. There is also a clay ring in which the figurine could be kept in a standing position during worship. But the most noteworthy feature is blind hole in the abdomen of the female figurine and a similar hole in the body of the bull. When a stick is inserted through both, the mother goddess snugly sits over the bull. The headless figurine recalls to one’s mind the goddess Viśīrā of the \*Mahābhārata\* who is supposed to be connected with the welfare of children. - [Previous: v2.c36.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c36.29) - [Next: v2.c36.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c36.31) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c36) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c36.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c36.30) · Pramāṇa