Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c11.s3.3

v1.c11.s3.3

Gold and silver were evidently by no means rare metals at Mohenjo-Daro. We find pure gold as well as a kind of electrum which may be either natural or artificial. Bronze and copper were also used in the manufacture of spacers and terminals for strings of beads. But the favourite material for beads was chalcedony in all its forms, carnelian being specially common and artificially treated to enhance its colour. At Mohenjo-Daro, fillets were worn by both sexes around the head. It was a thin ribbon of either gold or silver, whose ends were tied at the back of the head by means of a thread. (MS-II, 504)