History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c16.s7: Early Centres of Glass Manufacture in India
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c16.s7
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Early Centres of Glass Manufacture in India
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On the basis of the recovery of glass lumps, slags and crucibles used for glass manufacture, Kopia and Ahicchatra in U.P., Nevasa in Deccan and Arikamedu in the South look to have been centers of glass manufacture in antiquity (Roy and Varshney 1953).
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Fig. 10. Evidence for the tube-drawing process: Opaque red glass, tubes and knots. From Casal's excavations in Arikamedu (Courtesy, Pondicherry Museum). (Reproduced from monograph on Glass, by Sen, INSA)