[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.s2.8 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c15.s2.8 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c15.s2.8 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c15.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c15.s2.8) The Indus people extensively decorated their objects with inlay of ivory, shell and faïence, but such objects were perhaps mainly restricted to furniture and the like (Marshall, 1931; Mackay, 1938). It is not unlikely that they inlaid ornaments as well with shell and faïence in a limited way (Vats, 1940). Later, except at Taxila, where there are various inlaid ornaments, inlay with semiprecious stones of varied colours seems to have been confined to finger rings, which had, for holding the inlaid piece, hoops within and were convex outside expanding outwards to flat raised bezel made for this purpose. While some of them were carved with human and animal figurines, the popular form seems to have an inlay of semiprecious stones cemented with lac or paste. - [Previous: v1.c15.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c15.s2.7) - [Next: v1.c15.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c15.s2.9) - [Up: v1.c15.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c15.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c15.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c15.s2.8) · Pramāṇa