An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.266

v2.c44.266

*Pd II A*. The Harappa occupation, believed to be a refugee settlement from LOTHAL after the floods there, is seen in the n.-w. part of the mound, with four structural phases. The houses are built on soild mud-brick platforms and the floors are paved with mud brick. One house has a lime-and-hemp floor. Drains of kiln-burnt brick are attached to baths, and there is a 1 m deep public drain of burnt brick. Sturdy red and buff, coarse red and grey wares constitute the main ceramics with micaceous red and black-and-red [11.6.1] ware holding insignificant positions. The red and buff wares have a thick slip. The dish-on-stand with a projected rim and carinated shoulder, thick storage jar with a slightly convex profile and flat rim, cylindrical perforated jar, S-shaped vessel with provision for receiving the lid, jar with a small neck, bulbous body and flat base, goblet, beaker and jar stand are the main types in the red and buff wares. In the grey ware there are the thick jars with an outstretched or flaring rim and flanged shoulder, slightly burnished in the upper one-third and rarely decorated with incised designs, and a highly burnished dish of superior variety with an expanded rim. In the micaceous red ware are seen the small bulbous jar with a flaring rim, convex-sided bowl and bowl with or without a stud-handle, the last confined to the Gujarat Harappa. The painted designs are in black over red, chocolate over buff and deep-black over deep-red. Geometric designs like hatched diamonds, loops and horizontal bands have preference over naturalistic ones such as fish-net, fish-scale and plant.