Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c16.s3.t5.6

v1.c16.s3.t5.6

Personal ornaments were mostly composed of beads of chalcedony, agate, carnelian and varieties of jasper. Only well-to-do people could have afforded bangles and anklets and necklaces of copper beads. Gold beads and spiral ear ornaments with thickened terminals, though extremely rare, have also been reported: one from Daimabad and another from Inamgaon. Beads of ivory have turned up in good numbers at Inamgaon and what is more, a large piece of ivory was found in Malwa levels attesting to the manufacture of beads at the site.