Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c16.s2.t4.3

v1.c16.s2.t4.3

The pottery from Prakash falls into four major groups, each of which forms a diagnostic trait in the cultural assemblage of the period to which it belongs. Of these the first two are of special interest. The six principal industries are pale grey ware with a burnished surface, black painted red pottery of the Malwa ware, black painted red pottery of Jorwe ware, the Lustrous red ware, other decorated ware, showing distinctive incised and applied designs of varying complexity, and coarse wares, largely burnished varying from drab-grey to light brown in colour. All of these wares show similarities with the pottery of the comparable period found at some of the excavated sites in Central and Western India. A solitary sherd of the white painted black and red ware of the Ahar fabric is particularly noteworthy for a possible inter-relationship. Even a small influence from Rangpur in Saurashtra or from some intermediary site is suggested by a small quantity of Lustrous Red Ware, which is also a matter of importance.