Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t9.5
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t9.5
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v2.c43.s3.t9.5
A large number of Buddha images have been made out of jade, and in this connection use of jade became popular in India. Tagore quoted (1879: 512-13) a Sanskrit text describing *pilu* or jade as ‘smoke-coloured, white or green shaded with white, and hard, non-transparent and slightly lustrous’: