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At the sites of Nevasa, Ter, Kondapur, and Kolhapur in the western Deccan, a fine red mould made ware with relif decoration has been recovered from archeological excavations and has been collected from the surface by the local residents. 116
The best documented site is Nevasa, where only small fragments, described as Megarian ware discovered in the excavation of H.D.Sankalia in 1954-55. While at other three sites complete or almost complete, vessels have been found reveling the shapes of the pottery, their sizes technique manufacture, and the scheme of decoration. 117
The most common basic shape is Lota or Cup both decorated as well as without decoration, second shape is a bowl deep or shallow, the third is a deep cup with two pronounced bulges, and the fourth is a bottle with a bulbous body flat base and flaring long neck.
The motifs are floral and geometric, never figurative. The border motifs have beads, ovals, beads and reels, cable, chevron, rossets etc. The long petals, lotus corolla patterns, series of horizontal floral or geometrical bands are the common forms used for decoration. 118
If we compare the decorated ware found in profusion at Nani Rayan there are striking similarities, in shapes and decorations. The Lota (Cup) shaped vessels at Nani Rayan are of decorated and plain type. They are almost same in size as well as shape. They are made using a single mold. Many have floral and geometric designs and lotus corolla pattern. An almost complete bottle shaped vessel with a bulbous body flat base and flaring long neck has been found from Nani Rayan with the same pattern as that found from kondapur. However the specimens at Kondapur appear much crude as compared to those found from Nani Rayan.
116 Vimla Begley, Ceramic Evidences of pre-periplus trade on Indian coast. 117 Vimla Begley, Ceramic Evidences of pre-periplus trade on Indian coast. 118 Vimla Begley, Ceramic Evidences of pre-periplus trade on Indian coast.
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