History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c16.s6.35

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*Glass Blowing Process*: Though glass blown objects like glass flasks from Taxila are reported but these look to be imports. Blown glass objects seem to have originated around first century B.C. in Rome. Blowing was done either in a mould or free blowing. In mould blowing, gathering of required size was taken on the blow iron and blown a bit and introduced into the bivalve mould and then blown to fill the mould. In case of free blowing a bulb of glass was blown and shaped by marvering or with the help of a handled board (*Fig 10*).