Editing Pottery (section)

====South Asia====
{{See also|Pottery in the Indian subcontinent}}
[[File:Pottery wheel before 1910.jpg|thumb|A potter with his pottery wheel, [[British Raj]] (1910)]]
Cord-Impressed style pottery belongs to "Mesolithic" ceramic tradition that developed among Vindhya hunter-gatherers in Central India during the [[Mesolithic]] period.<ref>{{cite book |last1=D. Petraglia |first1=Michael |title=The Evolution and History of Human Populations in South Asia |date=26 March 2007 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9781402055614 |pages=407 |edition=2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qm9GfjNlnRwC |access-date=26 March 2007 |archive-date=1 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101050905/http://books.google.com/books?id=Qm9GfjNlnRwC |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, Volume 49, Dr. A. M. Ghatage, Page 303–304</ref> This ceramic style is also found in later Proto-Neolithic phase in nearby regions.<ref>{{cite book |author=Upinder Singh |title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone age to the 12th century |year=2008 |page=76 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=9788131716779 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pq2iCwAAQBAJ |access-date=2020-06-04 |archive-date=2020-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214012742/https://books.google.com/books?id=Pq2iCwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> This early type of pottery, also found at the site of [[Lahuradewa]], is currently the oldest known pottery tradition in South Asia, dating back to 7,000–6,000 BC.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2HMTBwAAQBAJ|page=250|author1=Peter Bellwood|author2=Immanuel Ness|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|title=The Global Prehistory of Human Migration|isbn=9781118970591|date=2014-11-10|access-date=2020-06-04|archive-date=2020-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728093044/https://books.google.com/books?id=2HMTBwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7xv-CwAAQBAJ|title=A Companion to South Asia in the Past|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|page=350|author1=Gwen Robbins Schug|author2=Subhash R. Walimbe|isbn=9781119055471|date=2016-04-13|access-date=2020-06-04|archive-date=2021-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701092931/https://books.google.com/books?id=7xv-CwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Barker |first1=Graeme |last2=Goucher |first2=Candice |title=The Cambridge World History: Volume 2, A World with Agriculture, 12,000 BCE–500 CE |date=2015 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781316297780 |page=470 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ri07CQAAQBAJ |language=en |access-date=2019-10-21 |archive-date=2020-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728093050/https://books.google.com/books?id=Ri07CQAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Cahill |first1=Michael A. |title=Paradise Rediscovered: The Roots of Civilisation |date=2012 |publisher=Interactive Publications |isbn=9781921869488 |page=104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTKB5mev6p8C |language=en}}</ref> Wheel-made pottery began to be made during the [[Mehrgarh]] Period II (5,500–4,800 BC) and Merhgarh Period III (4,800–3,500 BC), known as the ceramic [[Neolithic]] and [[Chalcolithic]]. Pottery, including items known as the ed-Dur vessels, originated in regions of the [[Indus River|Saraswati River / Indus River]] and have been found in a number of sites in the [[Indus Civilization]].<ref>Proceedings, [[American Philosophical Society]] (vol. 85, 1942). {{ISBN|1-4223-7221-9}}</ref><ref>Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Archaeology of the U.A.E. By Daniel T. Potts, Hasan Al Naboodah, Peter Hellyer. Contributor Daniel T. Potts, Hasan Al Naboodah, Peter Hellyer. Published 2003. Trident Press Ltd. {{ISBN|1-900724-88-X}}</ref>
Despite an extensive prehistoric record of pottery, including painted wares, little "fine" or luxury pottery was made in the subcontinent in historic times. [[Hinduism]] discourages eating off pottery, which probably largely accounts for this.  Most traditional Indian pottery vessels are large pots or jars for storage, or small cups or lamps, occasionally treated as disposable.  In contrast there are long traditions of sculpted figures, often rather large, in terracotta; this continues with the [[Bankura horse]]s in [[Panchmura|Panchmura, West Bengal]].