Contents: I. Neolithic and chalcolithic pottery: 1A. Neolithic and chalcolithic pottery of the middle Ganga plains: a case study of Senuwar/Birendra Pratap Singh. 1B. Supporting chapter: some observations on the Neolithic pottery/Anil Kumar. 2A. Ceramics of the Malwa and Jorwe cultures/S.B. Deo. 2B. Supporting chapter: some observations on the ceramics of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods of the Saryupar region/Indrajeet Singh. II. Ceramics of the iron age: 3A. Painted grey ware: the ceramic and cultural dimensions/Vibha Tripathi. 3B. Supporting chapter: potteries of the overlap between the late Harappan-and-painted grey ware, and painted grey ware cultures: enquiries and problems/Suchandra Mukherjee. 4A. Ancient Magadha: the cradle of the northern black polished ware/B.P. Sinha. 4B. Supporting chapter: comments on the northern black polished ware and other associated wares/Meera Sharma. 5A. Megalithic pottery: cultural impacts/I.K. Sarma. 5B. Supporting chapter: some observations on ceramics of the Andhra and Satavahana cultures/Rama Krishna Pisipaty. III. Scientific approaches for the study of ancient pottery: 6A. Potteries of tribals in India: some arguments/Asok K. Ghosh and Subhra Bhattacharya. 6B. Supporting chapter: ethnography and archaeology: a case study of earthen wares/Renu Bala. 7A. Scientific analysis of pottery and their cultural implications/K. Krishnan. 7B. Supporting chapter: petrographic study of ancient ceramics: a case study of samples from Imlidih and Senuwar/Ravindra Kumar.

[P.C. Pant also wrote Paisra: The Stone Age Settlement of Bihar.
Vidula Jayaswal's books include Palaehistory of India and Kushana Clay Art of Ganga Plains.]