Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c11.s13.7

v1.c11.s13.7

So from the above discussion it can be said that faience was extensively manufactured in the Indus Valley. Both in the lower and higher levels it has been found, and it is just as common at Harappa as it is at Mohenjo-Daro. As its manufacture is somewhat a elaborate process and requires great attention (first in the preparation of glaze, then in its application and finally in firing it in a muffle of kiln) so taking all these things into consideration, Marshall was of the opinion that the craft originated somewhere in the middle-East and then gradually spread over the ancient world. (MS-II, 576-80)