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[[File:Pista Matka Kulfi.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Pista Matka [[Kheer]].]]
[[File:Matkakulfi.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Matka [[Kulfi]].]]
[[File:Kumda and satti.JPG|thumb|right|200px|A matki (small earthen pot) with another smaller pot 'budgas
' used to drink water.]]

'''Matki''' (or '''matka''') is a [[Hindustani language|Hindi]] word used for an [[Earthenware|earthen]] [[Pottery|pot]]. It is used all over the [[Indian subcontinent]], as a home "water storage cooler". It has been in use since ancient times and can be found in houses of every class.

==Production==
They are made by the combination of two types of mud [[clay]]: the first is taken from the surface of the earth and the second after digging more than 10 feet deeper into the [[earth]]. Making a matka takes a considerable amount of time. It is a long process of at least 8 days. The clay is mixed with water, shaped, finished, polished, dried and baked in a [[kiln]] for 5 days. At last it becomes a completed eastern earthen [[Pottery|pot]], a home [[water cooler]]. In current times, in India, the earthen pots have undergone change, with taps being attached for people's convenience.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/good-old-earthen-pots-with-a-modern-touch/article5957193.ece|title=Good old earthen pots , with a modern touch|date=29 April 2014|publisher=|accessdate=8 September 2018|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Cooling process==
The cooling process works through [[Evaporative cooler#Evaporative cooling|evaporative cooling]]. Capillary action causes water to evaporate from the mini-pores in the pot, taking the heat from the water inside, thus making the water inside cooler than the outside temperature. Hence it is used only during summer and not in winter.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Pani ka matka.jpg|A matka (big earthen pot) on roadside at [[Chinawal]], India.
Jar,_Indus_Valley_Tradition,_Harappan_Phase,_Quetta,_Southern_Baluchistan,_Pakistan,_c._2500-1900_BC_-_Royal_Ontario_Museum_-_DSC09717.JPG|[[Indus Valley Civilization]] pot from Harappan phase found at [[Quetta]] in [[Baluchistan]], c. 2500-1900 BC, displayed at [[Royal Ontario Museum]].
Clay_pots_in_punjab_pakistan.JPG|Clay pots in Punjab in Pakistan.
</gallery>

==See also==
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* [[Kulhar]]
* [[Matka gambling]]
* [[Mashk]]
* [[Indian pottery]]
* [[Goatskin (material)]]
* [[Head-carrying]]
* [[Oven glove]]
* [[Pot-holder]]
* [[Trivet]]
* [[Tumpline]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
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[[Category:Containers]]
[[Category:Indian pottery]]
[[Category:Pakistani pottery]]
[[Category:Pottery shapes]]

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