[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.c37.156 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.156 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.156 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c37.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.156) \*Pd I\*. The settlement of Kalibangan I was situated on the bend of the river beyond the active flood-plain and was a parallelogram, some 250 m from n. to s. and 180 m from e. to w. It was fortified from the beginning of the occupation. The fortification wall was made of mud bricks (30 × 20 × 10 cm) and in its extant portion shows two structural phases. In its earlier phases the basal width was 1·9 m, while in the later it measured 3 to 4 m, both the inner and outer faces being plastered. Within the walled area, the houses were built of mud bricks of the same size as used in the fortification wall; the use of baked bricks is attested by a drain within the houses, remains of ovens and cylindrical pits, lined with lime plaster. The distinctive trait of this Pd is, however, the pottery, first identified at SOTHI, which is characterized by six fabrics, labelled A, B, C, D, E and F \[1.2\]. Of these Fabrics, E and F distinguished essentially by surface colour (E by buff and F by grey) do not show marked individualities in shape or in painted design and are also rather uncommon, particularly the latter. Among the remaining, Fabrics A, B and D are marked by an individuality which isolate them from the Harappa assemblage. Fabric A is a carelessly potted ware showing painted designs in light-black combined at times with white; Fabric B is distinguished essentially by the roughened or rusticated surface of the lower portion of the pots, the upper part being smooth-slipped; Fabric C is marked by a fine-textured paste and all-over smooth-slipped surface in shades of red and purple or plum-red, recalling pottery from the pre-defence deposits of Harappa; Fabric D is characterized by a thick sturdy section, represented in such shapes as the heavy jar, trough and basin, the interior sides of the latter being decorated with ridged incisions of varying patterns. - [Previous: v2.c37.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.155) - [Next: v2.c37.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.157) - [Up: v2.c37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37) ## Linked texts (1) - [Harappā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.harappa) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.156) · Pramāṇa