cover image: Taxila. an Illustrated Account of Archaeological Excavations Carried Out at Taxila Under the Orders of the Government of India Between the Years 1913 and 1934. Vol II. Minor Antiquities

Premium

20.500.12592/n6mwns

Taxila. an Illustrated Account of Archaeological Excavations Carried Out at Taxila Under the Orders of the Government of India Between the Years 1913 and 1934. Vol II. Minor Antiquities

1934

To the archaeologist therefore the indigenous ceramic wares of Taxila are of interest mainly because of the practical uses to which they were put and the light which they throw on the everyday life of the people or because of the chronlogical evidence which in spite of their inherent conservatism they are often able to supply. [...] From first to last however it was the general and natural practice at Taxila as it was everywhere else to adapt the quality of the clay to the size of the vessel to be fashioned using the coarser kinds of clay mixed with Shale (makkar) broken sherds or brick (bajri) and sand for such large and thick-walled vessels as store-jars and increasingly purer clay as the size of the vessel diminish [...] Thus among the store jars of Class I the earlier specimens from the Bhir Mound are elliptical and elongated with the swell of the body at or below the middle; in the later specimens from Sirkap the body is definitely ovoid with the swell above the middle. [...] It is so for instance in the case of the two-handled amphorae of Class II of the water-bottles of Class VIII of the later beakers and goblets of Class XIV and of many other shapes to be noticed later. [...] Among the plain undecorated wares those derived from Greek prototypes are Greek shapes the alabastron-shaped flasks of Class III d and possibly those of Class III c as well ; the handled jugs of Class XIII ; the beakers and bowls with deep flared mouths of Class XIV b and c and Class XV d; the dishes with a raised boss in the centre similar to the Greek phiale mesomphalos and the frying-pan
anthropology archaeology
Published in
Unset
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xvi John Marshall view
chapter 23. Pottery
398-438 John Marshall view
Chapter 24. Terra-Cotta and Clay Objects
439-475 John Marshall view
Chapter 25. Stone Objects
476-512 John Marshall view
Chapter 26. Stucco Sculptures
513-532 John Marshall view
Chapter 27. Iron Objects
533-563 John Marshall view
Chapter 28. Copper Bronze and Lead Objects
564-606 John Marshall view
Chapter 29. Silverware
607-615 John Marshall view
Chapter 30. Gold and Silver Jewellery
616-637 John Marshall view
Chapter 31. Finger-Rings and Gems
638-650 John Marshall view
Chapter 32. Bone and Ivory Objects
651-666 John Marshall view
Chapter 33. Shell Objects
667-673 John Marshall view
Chapter 34. Seals and Sealings
674-682 John Marshall view
Chapter 35. Glass
683-690 John Marshall view
Chapter 36. Stone Sculptures
691-728 John Marshall view
Chapter 37. Beads
729-750 John Marshall view
Chapter 38. Coins
751-794 John Marshall view
Chapter 39. Rare and Unique Coins Other Than Punch-Marked Found at Taxila Between 1912 and 1934
795-842 John Marshall view
Chapter 40. Two Hoards of Silver Punch-Marked Coins Found in the Bhir Mound at Taxila
843-852 E.H.C. Walsh view
Chapter 41. Notes on the Punch-Marked Local Taxilan and Greek Coins
853-880 John Allan view
Index
881-895 John Marshall view

Related Topics

All