Bangles
POSSIBLY WORN ON THE WRISTS OF PREHISTORIC INDIAN BEAUTIES SOME THREE THOUSAND YEARS AGO: BANGLES (ABOUT 3 1/2 IN. ACROSS) OF BLUE GLASS PASTE, FOUND AT HARAPPA
Ancient Indus Valley civilization bangles related material.
Female figurine with painted ornaments from Harappa
Some of the ornaments on female figurines were accentuated with white and/or black pigment, and some ornaments were completely rendered in pigment.
Terracotta Bangles found in Large Chatis
Among the objects found in the large earthen chati [A 233] and a second example which would have been most familiar to Daya Ram Sahni were "earthenware bangles of various sizes were found in large abundance. A few complete specimens were found" (p.
Bangles of Fine Blue Clay
He continues, about perhaps one of the finest objects he found in 1921: "One pair of them attains a high degree of excellence. It is made of fine clay coloured blue. (No. A 182.) Plate IX, Photo No. 2759."
- Daya Ram Sahni, Annual Progress Report of
Newly Discovered Bracelet, Harappa
The bracelet had just been found by workers with the Harappa Archaeological Research Project (HARP) in 1998.
Kot Diji phase terracotta bangles
Kot Diji phase terracotta bangles include many styles and incised and painted decorations. Grey bangles were produced in kilns with a reducing atmosphere and red bangles were fired in an oxidizing atmosphere
Kot Diji phase street debris
The Kot Diji phase streets were filled with debris, including potsherds, charcoal, ash, animal bones, and occasional bangles and steatite beads.
Female Figurines
Fat women figurines with turban-like headdress and appliqué ornaments. Bangles are worn on both wrists and upper arms, ankle bracelets and a choker probably represent beaded ornaments.
Terracotta bangle fragments
Terracotta bangle fragments decorated with red trefoils outlined in white on a green ground from late Period 3C deposits in Trench 43. This image shows both sides of the two fragments (H98-3516/8667-01 & H98-3517/8679-01).
Detail of terracotta bangle, Harappa
Detail of terracotta bangle with red and white trefoil on a green background (H98-3516/8667-01 from Trench 43). Trefoil motifs are carved on the robe of the so-called "priest-king" statuette from Mohenjo-daro and are also known from contemporary