[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.c39.169 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.169 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.169 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c39.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.169) \*Pd III\*, Chalcolithic. This Pd \[4.14.5\] is well documented at both Maheshwar (Mound V) and Navdatoli, though a greater part of the evidence is based on the horizontal excavation at the latter site. This shows that the Chalcolithic settlement took place on the virgin Black Soil \[9.1\]. On the basis of pottery types and fabrics it is divisible into four phases. Thus, Phase I is marked by the occurrence of a painted black-and-red ware \[11.6.2\], the cream-slipped ware and its variants along with the predominant Malwa Ware \[11.10\]. Of these the black-and-red ware disappears in Phase II. The end of this phase is marked by widespread destruction by fire and the subsequent Phase III shows a cessation of the cream-slipped ware and the introduction of the Jorwe Ware \[11.11\] together with a few sherds of the Lustrous Red Ware \[11.9\]. These continue into Phase IV, in the upper levels of which storage jars are found with applied decoration. At Maheshwar, the top layers of the Chalcolithic have yielded the black-and-red ware which continues into the early historical period \[4.18.7\]. The predominant ware throughout the occupation of the sites however is the Malwa Ware. It is a buff or orange-slipped ware decorated with designs in black or dark-brown. The designs are either geometric or naturalistic, among the latter animals and birds being prominent. The typical shapes are the \*loṭā\*, bowl with concave sides, channel-spouted cups and pedestalled goblets. Of these, goblets have been found only at Navdatoli and not at the other Malwa culture sites. (According to Wakankar, 1976, the Kayatha Ware \[11.7\] occurs at Maheshwar.) - [Previous: v2.c39.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.168) - [Next: v2.c39.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.170) - [Up: v2.c39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.169) · Pramāṇa