[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.c45.142 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.142 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.142 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c45.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.142) Of pottery no specific information in present-day terminology is available, but an on-the-spot examination may reveal some recognizable wares. Mention is made of 'early glazed pottery', about the 3rd century B.C. to the 1st century A.D. (Hamid \*et al\*., 1922, p. 52), but while the early glazed Kushan pottery is invariably green-blue in colour \[11.26\], all the specimens here are red. Perhaps they are pieces of what would not be called the Red Polished Ware of the early centuries A.D. \[11.23\]—a guess supported by the mention of \*surāhīs\*, spouts, etc., all characteristics of that Ware. There are potter's dabers \[16.11\] and spindle whorls \[6.25\]. Said to be of 'Gupta and medieval periods' are the \*hāṇḍī\*, water jar, jug, mica-dusted saucer, lid, some with a 'boss at the centre to serve as a handle', cup, lamp, inkpot \[20.2\], etc. A comparatively recent count of the distribution of NBPW \[11.16\] (R.E.M. Wheeler and Krishna Deva in \*AI\*, I, 1946, p. 56) includes Sanchi. - [Previous: v2.c45.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.141) - [Next: v2.c45.143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.143) - [Up: v2.c45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.142) · Pramāṇa