An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.40

v2.c45.40

The pottery falls under the category of the OCW and pale-red ware, mostly in fragments but with a few complete pots as well. The pottery sometimes bears traces of red slip and in one case black painting on an incised sherd. The shapes are: the vase with flaring or horizontally splayed-out rim; jar with flaring rim; deep bowl with straight or incurved rim; basin; miniature vase; and bowl. Besides, various types of handles, spouts, lipped bowls, a knobbed lid and a stem suggestive of the dish-on-stand or a ring-stand are noteworthy. The incised decorations executed by a sharp point on the exterior of pots are rows of dashes or series of triangular compartments enclosing rows of dashes, punched circlets or criss-cross or check patterns. The pottery has little in common with that of BAHADRABAD and AMBKHERI but has striking similarity in texture, shapes, technique and appearance with that from HASTINĀPURA, ATRANJIKHERA, AHICCHATRA and LAL QILA.