An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.258

v2.c44.258

A few moulded and painted specimens have a very wide dispersal. Some geometric patterns and festoons occurring on the Rang Mahal vessels have affinity with those from Sirkap. The painted and spouted vase bowl, stand and incense burner have also been reported from many sites of n. India, such as SARĀINAGAR, VIRBHADRA, HASTINĀPURA, BATESWAR, AHICCHATRĀ, BHITA, etc, as well as sites in Gujarat and even Madhya Pradesh. The sprinkler in the Red Polished Ware [11.23] occurring at Rang Mahal has a very wide distribution in India from the 1st to *c.* 5th century, with a concentration in w. India. Rydh believes in a similarity between the bowls of Rang Mahal and ARIKAMEDU. She has further stressed that the moulded pottery of Rang Mahal owed its inspiration to the *terra sigillata* of the Romans. All this is uncertain.