[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Indus Civilization](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935) › c7.20 # The Indus Civilization c7.20 The Indus Civilization c7.20 - **Language:** English ### [c7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c7.20) Carnelian, jadeite, and steatite beads have already been mentioned in describing the girdle and necklaces, but beads have also been discovered in a variety of other materials. These include riband-jasper, red, yellow, and blue jasper, agate, moss-agate, onyx, amazon-stone, heliotrope, plasma, lapis-lazuli, tachylite, chalcedony, nepheline-sodalite, shell, pottery, faience, vitreous paste, quartz, breccia, serpentine, turquoise (very rare), and hæmatite (very rare); all the stones in this list, with the exception of turquoise, could have been obtained in various parts of India, Afghanistan, and Baluchistan. - [Previous: c7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c7.19) - [Next: c7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c7.21) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c7.20) · Pramāṇa