| Temples & Legends Of Somanatha |
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IDENTIFICATION AND CHRONOLOGY OF
THE 'ORIGINAL' TEMPLE |
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superficial corroboration is also provided by the ceramic evidence. In the lower levels
(essentially pre-Phase I) of these cuttings was encountered a distinctive class of
polished red ware sometimes also painted in black, generally with parallel bands. The ware
is made out of carefully prepared clay and also seems to be "wet-smoothed"
before firing, which was done under oxidizing conditions of the kiln. Possibly the pots
were also burnished after firing to obtain the polished surface. An outstanding type in
this ware is the bottle-necked sprinkler. The shape, however, is of great interest and
belongs to the early centuries of the Christian era.5
5 During the recent excavations at Hastinapur
similar vases have been recovered from strata ascribable to c. 1st-2nd century A D.
although the evidence at Kausambi (1951 excavations) points to their survival in the Gupta
period as well. |
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