Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c20.s3.t8.8
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c20.s3.t8.8
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In Period II there was a workshop for the manufacture of stone-beads. In Period III (200 BC to AD 500), Ujjain produced beads of terracotta, carnelian, amethyst, garnet, chalcedony, jasper, glass, bone and ivory, bangles and ear-ornaments of copper, shell and glass, copper wire items, relief sculptures on sandstone slabs showing Gaṇeśa, Mahiṣāsuramardinī, etc. This site was well-known to the Roman traders as Ozene.