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3 types of stones used for making beads in harappa​

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Answered by krithika2676
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Making beads was an important craft of the Harappan people. It was mainly prevalent in Chanhudaro.Materials for making beads included beautiful red coloured stone-like camelian jasper crystal quartz and steatite. Besides these use of copper bronze gold shell faience terracotta or burnt clay was also used.Process of making beads Making of beads differed as per the materials used. Beads had variety*of shapes. They did not make geometrical shapes like one made of harder stones. Nodules were to be chipped for making rough shapes. They were finally flaked into the final form. By firing the yellowish raw material the red colour of camelian was obtained. Grinding polishing and drilling constituted the last phase. Chanhudaro Lothal and Dholavira were famous for specialized drilling.

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Answered by prashantbhalerao31o5
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A large variety of material were used to make beads. It included red stones like carnelian, Jasper, crystal, quartz and steatite.

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