An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c36.358

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*Pd I*. This is characterized by the occurrence of the OCW [4.12] in the lowest occupational deposit, 1 to 1·30 m, composed of yellowish earth mixed with *kankar*. The shapes in the ware are the dish, bowl, vase, knobbed lid and dish-on-stand, often with a thick slip. The decorations include incised designs such as triangular notches between parallel lines, wavy lines and rectangular forms. The pottery is orange to deep-red in colour and is wheel-turned. It does not show rolled edges, porous and powdery surface and ill-firing as the OCW sherds from HASTINĀPURA, BISAULI, RAJPUR PARSU, etc., where these characteristics are believed to be the result of the sherds lying in a water-logged condition for a long time (Lal, 1968, pp. 857-63). Nor does the deposit containing them show any traces of flood or waterlogging. Terracotta and stone beads and bits of copper of indetermined shapes are the other objects of the Pd. Two ¹⁴C dates are available—2230±180 and 2530±160— both indicative of a very early beginning of the OCW in the region.