The Northern Black Polished Ware Culture Of Middle Ganga Plain: Recent Perspective

The question of provenance has often been a real problem for all those interested in Mohammedan pottery, just as it has been for those interested in other ancient objects. The question, however, is usually a double one: where was the object found and, more basically, where was it made? Though the problem will undoubtedly continue to trouble all collectors and students of this material, we have the satisfaction of knowing that some of the old questions are being answered. Though certain problems still remain unsolved, progress has been made, for instance, in identifying the places of manufacture of lustreware of the ninth to the fourteenth centuries, despite the fact that much of it was exported to Fig. i. Bowl from the region of Sari or Gurgan. x century Rogers Fund, 58.9I far-distant places. The differences between lustreware of Iraq, Egypt, and Iran, the distinctions between the lustre pottery of Kashan and Rayy, and the proper origin of that found at Gurgan, have all been more clearly defined, thanks to the work of Kiihnel, Ettinghausen, Lane, and others. Since the beginning of the excavations at Nishapur by the Persian expedition of The Metropolitan Museum of Art which commenced some twenty-five years ago, a new

Rajasthan History Congress, 2024

The area under study was firstly explored during the second decade of the 19th century by Lt. Col. Todd, L.P. Tessitori and Aurel Stein but methodical survey start in the region last decades of the same century. After the independence some new scholars like A. Ghosh, K.N. Dikshit, S.P. Gupta, K.F. Dalal, R. C. Thakran, V. Shinde and V. Pawar explored the area in specific regions of the district and plotted more sites on archaeological maps. But these surveys were done for a very specific purpose specially not for search of PGW culture. Here, the researcher conducted a village to village archaeological survey of the district and plotted more sites of this culture which were not earlier known. Looking into the site settlements and pottery assemblage, this paper will give the researcher a new dimension approach for better understanding in this field. Keywords: PGW, Rajasthan, Hanumangarh, Exploration, Ceramic Assemblage, Late Harappan

Rethinking the Past: A Tribute to Professor V.N. Misra (S.G. Deo, Andre Baptista and Jayendra Joglekar Eds.), pp. 223-241, Pune. ISPQS: www.manandenvironment.org, ISBN: 978-81-908330-6-6 (PDF), 2017

The paper intends to examine the Black-and-Red ware (BRW) culture of Indo-Gangetic divide region and upper Ganga-Yamuna valleys in light of recent findings at the Abhaipur excavation. The main objectives are to discuss various issues related to the culture, to understand lifestyle and technological knowhow of the people and to build a ceramic-stratum. The excavation at Abhaipur has unravelled a habitation deposit of about 40-90 cm having BRW culture in all the trenches.

IHC Proceedings, 2015

The Northern Black Polished Ware culture is an urban Iron Age culture of the Indian Subcontinent. In Indian Archaeology for the first time Northern Black Polished Ware has been reported from Bhita in the year of 1911-12 1 and since then it has been recovered from in different part of India the ware has been reported from since then it has recovered from different parts of India especially from northern India. Because of its initial discovery from the northern part of India; it's black colour; and polished/glazed appearance of the term Northern Black Polished Ware coined for this type of ceramic industry.

Development of Neolithic Cultures and Diversity of Pottery, Amsadong Site Research Series, Vol. 3, Seoul, South Korea, 2019

Tools for gathering. Grinding stone. Talingaryn shal (1); Zaraa uul (2, 5); Ergiin khooloi (3); Khoyor khairkhan (6); adze Zaraa uul (4) 그림 6 채집용 도구. 갈돌. Talingaryn shal(1); Zaraa uul(2, 5); Ergiin khooloi(3); Khoyor khairkhan (6); 자귀 Zaraa uul (4) Fig. 7 Semi-subterranean house's plan of Tamsag bulag and Ovoot (a. d); Burial of Tamsagbulag/plan and profile/ (b, c) 그림 7 반수혈 주거지 평면도 Tamsag bulag(a), Ovoot(d); Tamsagbulag 무덤 평면도(b)와 단면도(c)

Asian Perspectives, 2024

In ancient India, complex technologies for forming and firing pottery were developed to meet the challenges of different types of clays and available fuels, as well as diverse cultural and ritual needs. Clays, slips, and firing processes were simultaneously customized through time and space, resulting in innovative region and period-specific specialized wares. While the knowledge of some pottery making traditions was passed from one generation to the next, and can be documented to some extent today, other techniques, such as the manufacture of Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW), have been lost. Attempts by scholars either to deconstruct this ware scientifically or reconstruct the technique experimentally have largely been unsuccessful. This article is yet another attempt to deconstruct NBPW manufacturing methods, primarily the preparation of the slip, using petrographic XRD, XRF, and microscopy on seven sherds of various shades coming from different sites and times within the peak NBPW period.

Karsola is located (29° 09' 02.9" N, 76° 25'.36" E) in the Julana Tehsil of Jind district, Haryana. The ceramic industries/assemblage reported during initial explorations and excavation included PGW, Black Slipped Ware, and Stamped Ware of the Early Historic Period. A detail survey of the site revealed the presence of pottery belonging to three different cultural phases, including Late Harappan, PGW, and Early Historic (Kushana /Gupta). Present paper has attempted a precise study of PGW pottery assemblage at Karsola. Looking into the pottery assemblage, this paper has looked into the question of transition from Late Harappan to Painted Grey Ware cultural phase.

Journal of Historical, Archaeological and Anthropological Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2, ISSN 2583-7265, pp. 81-92, 2024

Pottery uniquely represents the traditions and emotions of the communities that produce and use it. This power to reflect social activities has elevated the value of pottery. Despite being the most commonly recovered cultural material from any archaeological site in Bangladesh, the research on pottery remains inadequate. There have been various ethnological, typological investigations in terms of form, colour, texture, decoration, etc. On the other hand, there is a scarcity of scientific studies focused on the ancient pottery of Bangladesh. Only a handful of petrological and mineralogical research studies have been conducted thus far, offering limited insight and attention to the raw materials, manufacturing techniques, pyro technology, slipping techniques, surface coating, provenance study and other aspects of pottery. This article gives a summary of the pottery research carried out recently in Bangladesh using scientific approaches, emphasizing the information gathered on pottery's raw materials, organic or inorganic inclusions, pyro technique, provenance and additional relevant issues.