Decoration: Painted in black, interspersed with white in a somewhat free style.The painted designs are generally geometric

Sub classification Location Characteristics Shapes Found Firing
Fabric A

Balu, Banawali, Bara, Kalibangan, Siswal

The pots are light and thin in section, red to pinkish in colour, and made on the wheel.

The vase, The bowl

 Well Fired

Decoration: Treated up to the shoulder with red slip and rusticated below. This process invloves covering the lower area while wet by a sand and clay mixture, and roughening by horizontal or wavy combings. The painted designs are both of plant and animal motifs and are generally found on the rusticated areas.

Sub classification Location Characteristics Shapes Found Firing
Fabric B

Balu, Banawali, Bara, Kalibangan, Siswal

In comparison to Fabric A, the pots are heavy and thick in section, dull red in colour, and are made on the wheel.

The large storage jar

 Well Fired

Decoration: The pots are slipped smoothly in shades of red and plum or purple-red.The painted designs, generally in black are geometric and sometimes of plant and animal motifs.

Sub classification Location Characteristics Shapes Found Firing
Fabric C

 Balu, Banawali Kalibangan, Siswal, Sothi.

 The pots are made of a very fine clay, and turned on a fast wheel.

 The globular and ovoid vase, The straight-sided dish, The dish-on-stand

 Well Fired

Decoration: The pots are dull red in colour and decorated usually with deeply incised patterns. The designs are both geometric and of plant motifs.

Sub classification Location Characteristics Shapes Found Firing
Fabric D

Balu, Banawali, Bara, Kalibangan, Rakhi Garhi, Siswal.

 The pots are extra thick and sturdy in section, partly handmade and partly moulded or wheel thrown.

The jar, The bowl, The basin, The trough, The tall cylindrical vessel

 Well Fired

Decoration: The pots are slipped with buff or reddish-buff solution.The paintings are in black or purple pigment and may be interspersed with white.The designs are geometric and sometimes of plant and animal motifs.

Sub classification Location Characteristics Shapes Found Firing
Fabric E

Balu, Banawali, Bara, Kalibangan, Rakhi Garhi, Siswal.

The pots are of medium thickness in section and made on a fast wheel.

 The jar, The dish, The bowl, The dish on stand, The bowl-on stand, The chalice

Well Fired

Decoration: The pottery is grey in colour and painted in black and white pigments. The designs are geometric.

Sub classification Location Characteristics Shapes Found Firing
Fabric F

 Balu, Banawali, Bara, Kalibangan, Rakhi Garhi, Siswal.

 The pots are of medium thickness in section and made on a fast wheel.

 The basin, The dish-on-stand. The bowl, The vase

Well Fired