Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c13.s2.12
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c13.s2.12
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v1.c13.s2.12
The segmented beads have appeared over such a wide area in India, that it is quite impossible to say where the type originated. Indeed such a simple form of bead need not have had a particular region of origin at all. At Chanhu-Daro as well as Mohenjo-Daro, such beads were produced by a kind of mass production. These were made in long rods which after glazing were to be divided into segments of uniform length. The rods found at Chanhu-Daro were too long and too delicate to have been used for any other purpose than to be broken into convenient lengths. (MCK, 205)