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== History ==

[[File:Tradtional Thali.jpg|thumb|Traditional Indian thali served in ''Kansa'' metal thali with various sidedishes for rice, roti and puri.]]

According to archeologist [[Bindeshwari Prasad Sinha]], dish-on-stand and simple dishes belonging to the [[Indus Valley Civilization]] maybe regarded as the prototype of Indian dishes as thalis but these do not have accompanying bowls commonly seen with thalis.<ref>Potteries in Ancient India. Page 139, Bindeshwari Prasad Sinha, Department of Ancient Indian History and Archaeology.</ref> According to Sinha the distinctive thali accompanying bowls instead appears in the [[Painted Grey Ware culture]].<ref>Potteries in Ancient India. Page 139, Bindeshwari Prasad Sinha, Department of Ancient Indian History and Archaeology.</ref> Archeologist [[B.B. Lal]] similarly suggests food was eaten from the [[Painted Grey Ware culture|Painted Grey Ware]] dishes and bowls. B.B Lal notes that "typical dinner set in the Painted Grey Ware consists of the thali (dish), katora (bowl) and lota (drinking vessel)," he suggests it highlights the tradition followed today.<ref>The Painted Grey Ware Culture Of the Iron Age. B. B. Lal, pages 425-426 https://en.unesco.org/silkroad/sites/default/files/knowledge-bank-article/vol_I%20silk%20road_the%20painted%20grey%20ware%20culture%20of%20the%20iron%20age.pdf</ref> Earliest textual sources on thali comes from [[Ayurveda|Ayurveda Samhitas]], [[Sangam literature|Sangam]] and medieval period [[Indian cookbooks]].<ref name=joshijku>{{cite journal|volume =29 |title=Social character of Someshvara III|author=MN Joshi |journal=Journal of the Karnataka University: Humanities|pages=125–126| year=1985}}</ref>