4.7.2 Malwa culture (1600 BCE - 1300 CE) in Madhya Pradesh and north Maharashtra.4.7.1 Red Polished Ware of Gujarat (300 BCE - 1000 CE) in Gujarat.4.6 Northern Black Polished Ware (700-200 BCE) in Northern India.4.5 Painted Grey Ware (1200 - 600 BCE) in Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Eastern Punjab.4.4 Black and red ware culture (1450 - 1200 BCE) in northern and central Indian subcontinent.4.3 Gandhara grave culture (1500 - 500 BCE) in Afghanistan and Northwest Pakistan.
4.2 Copper Hoard Culture (2800-1500 BCE) in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.4.1 Ochre Coloured Pottery culture (2000-1500 BCE) in Eastern Punjab, Western UP and Rajasthan.4 Vedic pottery (1500 – 500 BCE) in North Indian subcontinent.3.3.1 Bara culture (2000 BCE) in Shivalik foothills of Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh.3.1.1 Damb-Sadat culture (3500 BCE) in Iranian and Pakistani Balochistan.3 Indus Valley Civilization (3300 - 1300 BCE).2.8 Culture overlap with Indus Valley Civilization.2.7 Rangpur culture (3000 - 800 BCE) in Gujarat.2.6 Sothi-Siswal culture (4600 - 3200 BCE ) along paleo Sarasvati in Haryana and Northwestern Rajasthan.2.4 Kunal culture (4000 BCE) along in Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.2.3 Bhirrana culture (7570 - 1900 BCE) along paleo Saraswati in Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.2.2 Amri-Nal culture (6000 - 1300 BCE) in Sindh and Balochistan.2.1 Ahar-Banas culture (3000 – 1500 BCE) in Rajasthan.Traditional pottery in the subcontinent is usually made by specialized kumhar ( Sanskrit: kumbhakära) potter communities. The approximately life-size figures decorating gopurams in South India are usually painted terracotta. In Bengal in particular, a lack of stone produced an extensive tradition of architectural sculpture for temples and mosques in terracotta and carved brick. There has also been much figurative sculpture and decorative tilework in ceramics in the subcontinent, with the production of terracotta figurines being widespread in different regions and periods.
This article covers pottery vessels, mainly from the ancient Indian cultures known from archaeology. Various platforms, including potters' markets and online pottery boutiques have contributed to this trend. Today, pottery thrives as an art form in India. Small simple kulhar cups, and also oil lamps, that are disposable after a single use remain common. Hindu traditions historically discouraged the use of pottery for eating off, while large matki jars for the storage of water or other things form the largest part of traditional Indian pottery, as well as objects such as lamps. Until recent times all Indian pottery has been earthenware, including terracotta.Įarly glazed ceramics were used for making beads, seals, bangles during Neolithic period but these glazes were very rarely used on pottery. Today, it is a cultural art that is still practiced extensively in Indian subcontinent. Evidence of pottery has been found in the early settlements of Lahuradewa and later the Indus Valley civilization. Pottery in the Indian subcontinent has an ancient history and is one of the most tangible and iconic elements of Indian art.
Potteries on display in Dilli Haat market, New Delhi, India.
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