History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c15.s1.62

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Excavations at Bhita in the U.P. have also disclosed innumerable potsherds and complete vessels of early ages. Primitive wheel-turned vessels and potsherds are of dark grey clay, often covered with a black mucilaginous paint or glaze which gives them a metallic lustre, almost like polished steel. These formed the commonest pottery of the pre-Mauryan period, though also found in the Mauryan and later periods. Other potteries of the age are of the common red- and brown-ware type like wares of the later periods.