ABSTRACT
Red Polished Ware (RPW) is a type of pottery found in greatest concentrations in Gujarat. Customarily, it is a marker of the Early Historic (EH) period in Gujarat, a period of significant social change and complexity in the Kathiawad Peninsula, southern Gujarat, and the region of Kachchh. This chapter talks about the pottery that comes from previously unpublished surface collections stored in the regional offices of the Gujarat Department of Archaeology. The rim profile is relatively common at both coastal and inland sites in Gujarat, but absent in the Modhera assemblage as well. Modhera is an inland site located in a north-eastern region of Gujarat on a tributary of the Rupen River near Vadnagar. The signature rim shape of the RPW globular pot with interior-beaded ledge is found in only one example at Rang Mahal. Evidence from Dwarka and Beyt Dwarka might indicate that specialized communities used RPW.
