​Napachik

​Napachik

The Napachik site, discovered in 1981, is a small hillock located on the right bank of the Manipur river at Wangu village, Bishnupur district. 

A trench measuring 4×2 sq m was dug at the southwestern slope and another trench measuring 5×2 sq m was dug in 1985 at the eastern foothill 

​1. Plain ware
2. cordmarked ware
3. ring footed ware
4. tripod legs ware

• potsherds decorated with cord-marks and tripod legs. The cord-marks are similar to the ones found at the site of Phunan. The tripod wares characterize the ceramic industry of the Napachik site of Manipur. 

• The pottery varieties are 748 pieces of plain ware, 893 pieces of cord-marked ware, 4 pieces of ring footed ware, 64 pieces of tripod legs ware. 

• pottery is handmade, fragmentary and fired under low temperature. Decoration is done by beating with cord-wrapped paddle. Most of the potsherds are of fine texture and tempered with sand, vegetables or powdered charcoal.