Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c13.s7.t4.1

v1.c13.s7.t4.1

Unlike as in Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, vitreous paste was not so much well prevalent at Chanhu-Daro. Only in two cases we find its use; one in the case of bead and the other in bangles. Three samples of beads which have been unearthed from Chanhu-Daro are of a type that was particularly favoured by the people of Harappa culture: made in faience or the more enduring vitreous paste. Similarly few faience bangles were made in moulds and formed of a soft light grey paste coated with a thick glaze. Another hard core specimen is made of a paste which has a certain amount of glaze and was converted by firing into a hard vitreous substance not unlike glass in appearance and of a uniform tint throughout. (MCK, 206, 191)