History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c15.s1.37

c15.s1.37

A number of sites in Northern and North-Central India have produced potteries which belong to the period ranging from the 5th to the 1st century B.C. The wares are of a distinctly highly polished type. Their quality seems to suggest a common cultural origin, and a limited duration. The body consists of a finely levigated clay, usually grey but sometimes reddish in sections This is covered with a brilliantly burnished slip having the quality of a glaze, ranging in colour from jet-black to grey, metallic steel-blue, occasionally varied with reddish brown patches. The wares are readily distinguishable by their brilliance from other polished or graphite-black wares which occur also in South India. The usual forms of the wares are dish and bowls. They have been found in relatively large numbers at 18 different sites, e g. Ahichchhatra, Mathura, Kausambi, Bhita, Sarnath, Rajghat, Jhusi, Masaon, Astranjikheda in the Uttara Pradesha; Patna, Giriak, Rajgir, Buxar in Bihar; Sanchi in Bhopal; Taxila in the Punjab; Bairat in This image is completely blank; there is no text or printed content to transcribe.