An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.728

v2.c39.728

The small finds include a variety of beads of agate, carnelian, faïence, steatite and terracotta. The fine manufacture of stone beads, careful cutting of the disc beads of paste and variety of decoration on the faïence beads mark a high standard. An unfinished bead and an unworked nodule of agate from the site point to the local manufacture of the beads. However the long barrel carnelian beads, characteristic of the Indus valley, are absent, as also the typical paste beads. The large number of faïence bangles with a rich variety of shapes and designs represent the popular ornament. The poor were perhaps contented to wear terracotta single or multiple joined bangles occasionally decorated with black strokes.