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    Pottery is one of the earliest synthetic materials created by humans by shaping clay into objects that are dried and fired. Evidence of pottery dates back to settlements in the Indus Valley Civilization in Mehrgarh. In India, pottery has its origins in the neolithic period with handmade coarse pottery and flourished during the Indus Valley Civilization. Kumhars are traditional pottery caste groups found throughout northern India who make pottery using local clay, a potter's wheel, and intricate designs.

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    Pottery is one of the earliest synthetic materials created by humans by shaping clay into objects that are dried and fired. Evidence of pottery dates back to settlements in the Indus Valley Civilization in Mehrgarh. In India, pottery has its origins in the neolithic period with handmade coarse pottery and flourished during the Indus Valley Civilization. Kumhars are traditional pottery caste groups found throughout northern India who make pottery using local clay, a potter's wheel, and intricate designs.

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    Pottery is one of the earliest synthetic materials created by humans by shaping clay into objects that are dried and fired. Evidence of pottery dates back to settlements in the Indus Valley Civilization in Mehrgarh. In India, pottery has its origins in the neolithic period with handmade coarse pottery and flourished during the Indus Valley Civilization. Kumhars are traditional pottery caste groups found throughout northern India who make pottery using local clay, a potter's wheel, and intricate designs.

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    Pottery is one of the earliest synthetic materials created by humans by shaping clay into objects that are dried and fired. Evidence of pottery dates back to settlements in the Indus Valley Civilization in Mehrgarh. In India, pottery has its origins in the neolithic period with handmade coarse pottery and flourished during the Indus Valley Civilization. Kumhars are traditional pottery caste groups found throughout northern India who make pottery using local clay, a potter's wheel, and intricate designs.

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    Pottery refers to objects made of clay that are shaped, dried, and fired or baked. It was one of the earliest synthetic materials created by humans. Pottery has a long history originating from early settlements in places like Mehrgarh in the Indus Valley Civilization.

    Pottery refers to objects made of clay fashioned into a desired shape, dried, and fired or baked. It was one of the first synthetic materials ever created by humans.

    Evidence of pottery has been found in early settlements in places like Mehrgarh from the Indus Valley Civilization. In India, pottery originated from the neolithic age with coarse handmade pottery. The real beginning of Indian pottery was with the Indus Valley Civilization.

    Art of Pottery | मिट्टी के बर्तनों की कला

    WHAT IS POTTERY?
    • First synthetic material ever created by humans.

    • Refers to objects made of clay fashioned into a desire


    shape, dried, and fired or baked.

    Image Source :ceramic-studio.net Image Source :grayline.com/

    SOURCE: The Science and Archaeology of Materials(Routledge, 2001)


    HISTORY AND ORIGIN
    • One of the most tangible and
    iconic elements of regional art.

    Image Source :Flicker.com, Author : McKay Savage

    • Evidence found in the early


    settlements of Mehrgarh from
    the Indus Valley Civilization.
    Image Source :sindhishaan.com

    SOURCE:importantindia.com
    • India - neolithic age, with
    coarse handmade pottery -
    bowls, jars, vessels - in
    various colors.

    • Real beginning of Indian


    pottery is with the Indus
    Valley Civilization also
    known as the harrapan Image Source :By Ismoon (talk) 21:31, 21
    February 2012 (UTC) (Own work) [CC0],
    civilization. via Wikimedia Commons

    SOURCE:importantindia.com
    Harrapan Sites Excavated
    • Excellent example of ancient
    glazed pottery.

    • Different shapes, with a perfect


    craftsmanship proves advance Image Source :ancientartifax.com

    techniques known to the Indus


    Valley potter.

    • S-shaped jars, cooking vessels,


    ovens, tandoors, painted earthen
    pots found at Banawali and Sirsa. Image Source :sindhulogy.org

    SOURCE:importantindia.com
    TRIBES : kUMHARS
    • Found throughout India, but
    mainly in the northern states of
    India including Punjab, Himachal,
    Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana.

    • In Hindu mythology, Kumhars are Image Source : redbubble.com

    the descendants of Lord Prajapati


    Daksha, son of Lord Brahma.
    Therefore, also known as
    Prajapati.

    Image Source : sacred-texts.com

    SOURCE:r4rehmani.blogspot.in
    Other territorial Groups of Hindu Kumhars are:
    • Bagri or Marwari
    • Bangar(u) a sub-caste, found in Kapurthala, originally
    immigrants from Bangar
    • Desi

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    SOURCE:r4rehmani.blogspot.in
    • material for making earthen
    articles comes from the earth
    itself.
    Image Source : By Pp391 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0

    • the potter works on the wheel.


    (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via
    Wikimedia Commons

    • a helper (usually his son or a


    relative) mixing clay.
    Image Source : playrific.com
    • while a woman (his wife or a
    sister) makes intricate designs
    into the finished vessel.

    Image Source : alamy.com


    Production clusters

    JHAJJAR

    FARIDABAD

    SOURCE:Homemade In india ,2007


    TOOLS
    i. Potter’s wheel

    ii. Thappa

    iii. Pindi

    iv. Mogri

    v. Khuria
    SOURCE:Homemade In india ,2007
    Evolution

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    Product forms
    • Surahi-pitcher
    • Matka-water pot
    • Rakab-shallow bowl
    • Kadhawani-pot for boiling milk
    • Jamawani-Pot for setting curds
    • Grains storage pots
    • Flower pots
    • Golak-coin bank
    • Diya-lamp
    • Figures

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