History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c15.s3.1

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The ochre coloured pottery constitutes a knotty problem in the archaeology of north India. The pottery was first found in the excavations at Bisauli, a copper hoard site in Dist. Badaun, U.P. and Rajpur Parasu, Dist. Bijnaur, U.P. Later in 1952 it was encountered at Bahadarabad (Dist. Dehra Dun, U.P.). Several OCP sites have since then been discovered and it has been observed that the pottery is usually found at the Copper Hoard sites in the Ganga Yamuna Doab, but the excavations so far carried out at such sites have failed to produce any evidence of Copper Hoard artifacts from stratified levels. There is thus circumstantial evidence to associate the OCP with the Copper Hoards. However, the only solitary site where both occur together in a stratified context is at Saipai (Dist. Itawah, U.P.) where the excavations have yielded a barbed harpoon of copper, a characteristic Copper Hoard type (PURA, No. 5, 1971-72, Spl no. on OCP, p.6). More evidence of this nature in future may connect the Copper Hoards with the OCP.