[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c15.s1.26 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c15.s1.26 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c15.s1.26 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c15.s1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c15.s1.26) A survey of the materials used in the manufacture of beads urges some general observations. For example faience and steatite were abundantly used in the Harappa culture; semiprecious stones, including some of non-indigenous sources, came to be used on a large scale in the early historical period; real precious stones were rarely used for beads; some materials like lapis were imported; glass was known from PGW and Megalithic times; metals like gold, silver and copper, were not much used for beads; and finally some materials like shell, terracotta, agate and carnelian seem to have been used for beads for centuries over a very wide region. - [Previous: v1.c15.s1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c15.s1.25) - [Next: v1.c15.s1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c15.s1.27) - [Up: v1.c15.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c15.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c15.s1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c15.s1.26) · Pramāṇa