An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c15.s3.t3.6

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*10.3.5 Arm and wrist ornaments.* The earliest occurrence of bangles made of shell, copper and terracotta is in the pre-Harappa levels of KALIBANGAN. The Harappa settlements have yielded a large number of bangles of different materials such as gold, silver, copper, faïence, shell, steatite and terracotta. Heart-shaped bangles of faïence with cog-wheel edges come from Harappa. The only Neolithic [4.6] site to yield bangles is CHIRAND. The materials are limited to tortoise shell, bone and terracotta. Arm and wrist ornaments from Chalcolithic [4.14] assemblages comprise bangles of terracotta, shell and copper; they are generally plain, the exceptions being decorated shell bangles from PRAKASH, spiral copper bangles from PANDU RAJAR DHIBI and ivory bangles from INAMGAON. Copper and terracotta were also materials used for bangles in the OCW culture [4.12] as evidenced at LAL QILA.