Research Paper
Prabhas and Late Prabhas Ceramics from Prabhas Patan, Gujarat
Authors: Prabodh Shirvalkar, Astha Sharma, Esha Prasad & Shashank Babu C
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Page/Article: 165-183, DOI: https://doi.org/10.47509/AA.2024.v15i.10
Abstract
Four distinctive traditions, viz., Anarta tradition, Micaceous Red Ware tradition, Padri tradition and Pre Prabhas tradition, have been recognized in the modern state of Gujarat. Different scholars have called these cultures local chalcolithic, pre-Harappan and Early Harappan. On the other hand, sites belonging to the Early, Mature and Late Harappan periods in Gujarat are found in Kachchh, North Gujarat, Saurashtra and Southern Gujarat. The regional variation of mature Harappan cultural material in Gujarat has been termed Sorath Harappan (Possehl & Herman 1990). The Prabhas culture is the least studied and understood culture within Gujarat’s protohistoric cultures. The Pre-Prabhas phase coincides with the Early Harappan period, the Prabhas phase coincides with the Sorath Harappan phase and the Late Prabhas with the Late Harappan phase.
This paper deals with the Period II and III ceramics from the excavation of Z.D. Ansari and M.K. Dhavalikar, which has not been published so far.
Keywords: Somnath, Prabhas-Patan, Prabhas, Late Prabhas, Dates, Z.D. Ansari, M.K. Dhavalikar