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This book "Potteries of South And East Asia through the Age's in three volume are 50th, 51. and 52nd" book, of Dr. D.P. Sharma. These volumes cover oldest handmade potteries of Mesolithic Neolithic transition to beginning of early Medievel Period. In East Asia earliest Handmade potteries begin between 21000-15000 B.C, The first volumes cover, late Mesolithic to Neolithic, Early Harappan, Mature Harappan period potteries and has 37 papers of scholar like Yan waning, M Hazarika, J.N. Pal, J.S. Nigam, P.C. Chaudhari, Shweta Deshpande, H. Sonwane, P. Tirvedi, Anish Saxena, Rita Duta, P. Wright. S.R. Rao, K.N. Dikshit, Bhagwan Singh have contributed their papers. The volume II has 26 paper on Chalcolithic & Early Iron Age period potteries. Scholars like M.D.N. Sahi, M.K. Dhavalikar, J.N. Pal, Anup Misra, P. Singh, R.C. Gaur, A.K. Mishra, Vibha Tirpathi & A.K. Dutta have contributed their papers Volume III has 22 papers on potteries of Early Historic period which begin around first millennium B.C. to early medieval. The scholar like S.C. Saran, Vibha Tripathi, M.C. Gupta, S. Sahai, H.C. Bhardwaj, Sulekha Banejrji, Ambika Patel, H. Harle, A Jha and I.K. sharma have contributed their papers. Oldest Potteries from lower Ganga Yamuna doab are from Chapanimondo, Lahuradeva, Hetapati and just are dated between 8400-5400 B.C. Harka ware at Bhirrana begin around c. 5000- 4000 B.C. The O.C.P. originated from Hakra ware around 3700-3600 B.C. at Ganeshwar and Jodhpur and continued till 1800 to 1100 B.C. at Parihar Sringverpur & Kaushambi. The painted Grey pottery from Mahabharat site is different with Grey were of Shahitump. Black & Red ware begin around 3000 B.C. and there are of different Varieties and it continued till 100 B.C. Vibha Tripathi, S.C. Saran and D.P. sharma observed N.B.P. begins around B.C. Iron with steel tip were also in use during 1000-600 B.C. Old dates of Iron in South Asia are from all Allahdino, Lothal, Ahar, and newly excavated Megalithic Site at Thelungancar in Tamil Nadu & also other site in Southern South Asia. Copper Hoard Weapon and painted Grey Ware along with Iron tools were reported from Mahabaharat sites of Kuru - Panchal - Surasena Janapada in Haryana, Western U.P. N.C.R. region of Delhi.