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We thus have two different processes of making the BR pottery. However, Majumdar (pp. 90-93) is of the opinion that the Indian BR ware was the result of the double firing process. It may also be stated that according to Paramasivan (pp. 231-52) the megalithic BR pottery of India was baked at 600° 700°F. He further observes that the black-and-red colouring of the megalithic pottery from Maski (Dist. Raichur, Karnataka) is only due to the presence of iron in the clay. According to him, “If the baking is done in a reducing atmosphere, the pottery becomes black. An oxidising atmosphere gives red ware”.