Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c10.s3.t3.6

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Banawali lies 15 km north-west of Fatehabad, and on the middle-upper course of a tributary of the Ghaggar, now identified as the Rgvedic Sarasvati. Period I is Pre-Harappan and shows sun-dried and kiln-fired bricks as in Kalibangan. These were meticulously standardised conforming to the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. A house complex with several hearths, ovens and fire pits indicating excessive fire activity was plausibly the workshop of a metalsmith. The ceramic inventory records all six Kalibangan fabrics, some with black and white pigments. There were a microblade of chalcedony, beads of gold, semi-precious stones, steatite (including disc beads), faience, shell, bone and clay; bangles of shell, faience and copper. (Bisht, 1982) Siswal, situated on the left bank of the Chautang river in Haryana, 26 km west of Hissar, also had a Pre-Harappan phase as in Kalibangan I.