[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.c37.103 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.103 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.103 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c37.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.103) The ceramic assemblage from the habitation site is essentially the same as that of the graves and consists of red ware, Black-and-red Ware and black-slipped ware. The bulk of the pottery is plain and wheel-made. The handmade specimens in small numbers are confined to red ware alone. The clay used for manufacturing the pots is not well-levigated and generally contains medium to fine grains of quartz and grit. The pottery is of medium to coarse fabric and is not very well-fired. The utilitarian plain red ware forming the majority is generally of thick section and medium to coarse in fabric and varies in colour from orange or pale-red to deep-brick red. It includes: the shallow, convex-sided and deep bowl; shallow and convex-sided dish; shallow bowl-\*cum\*-cover; beaker; button-based goblet; bowl-\*cum\*-lid; shallow and deep basin with externally collared rim, including the lipped variety also; funnel-shaped lid; footed and perforated vessel; vase with conical profile; pear-shaped vase; high concave-necked vase; large and medium-sized storage jar wih carinated neck; concave-necked vase with beaded or collared rim; and \*hāṇḍī\* or cooking vessel. A few sherds in this group with ochrous surface resemble in general appearance the OCW \[4.12\] of w. Uttar Pradesh. The ochrous surface of these pots seems to be the result of the pulverization through external causes. Traces of ochrous red slip on both the sides of some of the pots are noticed. The mottled or blotchy surface of some of the pots is most probably the result of indifferent firing. The Black-and-red Ware, generally of medium to coarse fabric, is represented by: the bowl with everted or flared rim; dish; shallow dish-\*cum\*-basin; straight-sided trough; beaker; cup-on-stand or pedestal-led cup; funnel-shaped lid; and vase. The smooth surface of some of the sherds is the result of burnishing. The black-slipped ware, generally of medium fabric, thin section and smoky grey core, includes: various types of the bowl (spherical, ovaloid, subovaloid, pedestalled and carinated) often with everted rim; convex-sided dish with tapering to round base including some with externally marked depression on the rim; beaker; funnel-shaped lid; and small vase. Some of the sherds of this ware with smooth burnished surface compare well with the NBPW \[11.16\] in brilliance. A few sherds with grey surface, though very close to the black-slipped ware in general appearance, have also been found. Some of the pots of this ware the slip of which has worn out completely or partially resemble very much the corresponding pots of grey ware. The typology is also the same as that of the black-slipped ware. Thus the grey ware though distinct in outer appearance shares all the features of the black-slipped ware. - [Previous: v2.c37.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.102) - [Next: v2.c37.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.104) - [Up: v2.c37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.103) · Pramāṇa