History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c17.s2.10
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c17.s2.10
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| Period | Dates (millennium B.C.) | Materials |
| I a-c | 7th-6th | Flint tools; grinding stones; cakes of red ochre, beads and belts of shell, turquoise, lapis lazuli, cylindrical copper bead |
| II | 6th-5th | Soapstone beads, flint drills, *waste* flakes indicating local manufacture, red ochre, copper ring |
| III | 1st half 4th | Green cylindrical jasper drills and micro- drills for lapis lazuli, turquoise and carnelian some adhering melted copper |
| IV | Middle 4th | Wheel-thrown pottery |
| V | End 4th | White pigment |
| VI | Beginning 3rd | Mass production of pottery and terracotta. Pottery kiln. Red ware. Spiral bronze pin |
| VII | Middle 3rd | Beads of kaolin, carnelian and lapis lazuli. Alabaster ram. Bronze items. |