History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c16.5
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c16.5
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Whether the Harappans i.e. people of the Indus civilization knew glass making is debatable. However they made bangles, beads and other objects of faience (glazed siliceous ware) and glazed pottery in 3rd millennium B.C. They knew the art and science of colouring glazed layer both blue and red with cupric and cuprous copper (Bhardwaj 1985).