Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c14.s10.16

v1.c14.s10.16

Like Chanhudaro, Lothal was also a centre for bead-making industry. One bead-making factory where clearly the finished semi-precious beads were found at A, clearly indicates the volume of work. Different types of raw materials were used for the manufacture of beads. Lothal, which has produced the largest number of etched carnelian beads, is reasonably claim to be the centre from where it went to other sites. The evidence at Lothal has yielded beads in various stages of manufacture so as to show that the process of bead-making was quite well known there. The manufactured beads used to be