An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.679

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Pd I (*c.* 1700-1300 B.C.) is Chalcolithic [4. 14.6] in its cultural content and is further divided into Sub-pds I A and I B, the former being characterized by the occurrence of blades and microliths, hammer-stones, a restricted use of copper or low-grade bronze and four ceramic industries, each distinct in kind and range: (i) pale-grey ware. often burnt black-and-grey and decorated with painted designs in a fugitive white pigment both on the outside and the inside but with a marked preference for the latter; (ii) black-painted red pottery of the Malwa fabric [11.10], containing strains of the late Harappa [11.4] and Savalda [11.12] forms and fabrics; (iii) mottled grey ware showing incised and applied designs; and (iv) coarse burnished and other plain wares, distinguished by its burnished surface and occasionally an ochrous paint on the rim portion. The blade and microlithic industry, being the principal component of the Chalcolithic culture, is dominated by a blade complex. Amongst the miscellany of less abundant finds are beads of various materials, fragments of shell bangles, a painted terracotta toy cart wheel [16.19] and a painted terracotta bull.