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Analysing the Black Polished Pottery of Proto-Historic-Early Historic India


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1 Department of AIHC and Archaeology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India
 

The development of ceramic technology in India can be traced back to a hoary past. Highly sophisticated potteries like black slipped ware (BSW), black-andred ware (BRW), painted grey ware, grey ware and northern black polished ware (NBPW) were present in proto-historic and early historic times (circa 2000–300 BCE). The present communication aims to throw light on the technology of one of the important wares, viz. BSW especially from sites located in the Vindhya–Ganga region. Through analytical examination of the ware, the authors propose to fill in a lacuna in the field of ancient ceramics.

Keywords

Black Slipped Ware, Energy-Dispersive X-Rray Spectroscopy, Firing Technique, Proto-Historic, Scanning Electron Microscopic Study.
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Authors

Vibha Tripathi
Department of AIHC and Archaeology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India
Parul Singh
Department of AIHC and Archaeology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India

Abstract


The development of ceramic technology in India can be traced back to a hoary past. Highly sophisticated potteries like black slipped ware (BSW), black-andred ware (BRW), painted grey ware, grey ware and northern black polished ware (NBPW) were present in proto-historic and early historic times (circa 2000–300 BCE). The present communication aims to throw light on the technology of one of the important wares, viz. BSW especially from sites located in the Vindhya–Ganga region. Through analytical examination of the ware, the authors propose to fill in a lacuna in the field of ancient ceramics.

Keywords


Black Slipped Ware, Energy-Dispersive X-Rray Spectroscopy, Firing Technique, Proto-Historic, Scanning Electron Microscopic Study.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi11%2F2373-2380