Nani Rayan

SR No.: 001481
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Pulin Vasa
Publisher: Kalikal Sarvagya Shri Hemchandracharya Navam Janmashatabdi Smruti Sanskar Shikshannidhi Ahmedabad
Total Pages: 66
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Art, & Culture
File Size: 9 MB

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Dish-on-Stand:
The Dish-on-Stand is a characteristic, if not diagnostic, harrapan form. As S Piggott has observed, "The presence of sherds of this type of vessels on a site marks the presence of harrapan civilization as surely as 'Samian' pottery betokens Roman occupation in Europe".S
The occurrence of the dish-on-stand in the post harrapan chalcolithic culture of Rangpur, Ahar and Navadatoli conflict with the characterization the type as harrapan All these sites are very late in date and could be that these vessels result from direct contact with the displaced roving Harrapan potters or they may be due to stimulus diffusion or culture contact.97
The tradition of stand bases to the dish and bowls is a very ancient in India and Abroad.. This feature is seen in Egypt, Elam, Crete, Anau Early European sites etc. In Palestine, the stand appears in the 4th millennium BC. In Egypt it continues in the first dynastic period and in Greek pottery the dish with hi stem belongs to the 7th cent BC. What was the purpose of these vessels? Were they used for ritualistic purpose or were they used by shop keepers to display their goods or used in the houses for keeping flowers or were used as a fruit stand? Many scholars have suggested different purposes for the dish-on-stand and each have put forwards the arguments in the favor of their claims.98
The find of this pottery from Nani Rayan takes the site back to harrapan or at least Chalcolithic period. I have fond more then a dozen fragments of them from my site.
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The fragment specimens of both dish-on-stand and bowl-on-stand are found. They are chiefly red in color. However one specimen is made of black colored clay. In one specimen the stem is distinct by very fine red slip so is a base of a bowl on stand. One bowl stand is of a kaolin color.
Red ware:
Red Ware is a very common vessel pattern of Maurya and Gupta period. There are many different kinds of vessels for routine domestic purposes. They include Lamps (Kodiya), Small and large bowls, Lids, pots of various sizes and shapes. They are found from various sites of that period.99
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My site has revealed plenty of Red Ware. The pottery is having a fine fiber it dose not have a slip. Different verities of Lamps, Bowls, Lids, and Pots are found.
The Bowls:
96 B.P.Sinha. Chapter 12 Harrapan civilization. B.P.Sinha. Chapter 12 Harrapan civilization. Dish-on-standby Madan Mohan Sing.
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Dr.R.N.Mehta. Page no, 320 Guj. no Rajkiy Itihas. Vol .II
Large bowls have a diameter of 165 mm and are 75 mm deep with out turned wall (8mm thick)
Small Bowls are 90 mm in diameter and 30 mm deep with wall thickness of 5mm.
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