The Indus Civilization c9.48

c9.48

It would be interesting to know where the manufacture and use of glaze first originated, for the former is a very elaborate process. It was almost certainly the invention of one country which later spread to others. India cannot, at present, claim to be the birthplace of this craft, for glazed beads and other objects, all of much earlier date than those found in the Indus valley, have been discovered in Elam, Sumer, and Egypt.