Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c16.s2.t1.16

v1.c16.s2.t1.16

The pottery of the Malwa Culture is extremely rich in form and the painted ornament. According to Sankalia, among all the painted pottery found in India so far, that at Navdatoli has given the largest repertory of designs. The repertory has more than six hundred motifs. Mainly there are four main potteries of this site. The earliest is characterized by the white painted black- and red-ware belonging to the Ahar Culture of south-east Rajasthan. Next comes a black-on-red painted pottery and in the final phase of occupation a coarse red-ware occurs in association with the Lustrous Red Ware which is characteristic of the post-Harappan Culture of Gujarat. But during all these phases, the black-on-red painted pottery, i.e., Malwa ware occurs abundantly.