Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c12.s3.2
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c12.s3.2
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v1.c12.s3.2
In Harappa a distinction is marked between the burial and household pottery. Whereas the household pottery is usually made of comparatively coarse clay, the clay of the burial ware is of fine grain, better levigated and puddled, a little softer and therefore a trifle more plastic. Whereas the prevailing colour of the household ware is red and black, the sherds of the other class are of a decidedly deeper red colour with brighter slip on which the black painting becomes automatically pronounced. (MSV, 246)