The Indus Civilization c9.45

c9.45

The use of powdered steatite to mould beads and other small objects is a practice that appears to be confined to ancient India, for it seems never to have been known in Egypt, and no objects made in this way have yet come to light in Sumer, although they perhaps found their way to the latter country, in view of the close trading relations that certainly existed between it and the Indus cities.