Beads found in room
A banded agate bead (at left), a long terra cotta bead (center) and a cylindrical steatite bead (at right) were all found in the deposits of a room in Trench 54.
Ancient Indus Civilization Jewelry.
Ravi phase steatite microbeads
Tiny steatite microbeads (less than 1mm in diameter) such as those seen here were probably perforated with a sharpened copper wire, while stone drills with larger tips were used for carnelian, lapis, and amazonite beads.
Ravi phase raw materials
Flakes of various shades of agate, carnelian, jasper, chert, and lapis lazuli indicate the range of raw materials being processed in this part of Harappa during the Ravi phase.
Different types of beads
The ancient Harappans went to great efforts to obtain exotic colored stones for making beads of different shapes and sizes.
Carnelian beads with white lines
This carnelian bead has been artificially colored with white lines and circles using a special bleaching technique developed by the ancient Harappans.
Terra cotta necklace find
Conservators very carefully excavate and consolidate a necklace of terra cotta beads found in the Ravi Phase levels at Harappa in 1998. On the left is Arif Husain of Karachi University assisting Elizabeth Robertson of the Smithsonian Institution.
Terra cotta bead necklace
This terra cotta bead necklace with two strands of long biconical beads dates to the Ravi Phase (c. 3300 BCE).
Terra cotta beads
Many different styles of terra cotta beads were made during the during the Ravi Phase at Harappa (circa 3300 BCE-2800 BCE).
Newly Discovered Bracelet, Harappa
The bracelet had just been found by workers with the Harappa Archaeological Research Project (HARP) in 1998.
Carnelian Beads
The long carnelian beads at the bottom of this image are among the most distinctive products made during the height of the ancient Indus civilization. Dr. Kenoyer writes (Ancient Cities, pp. 162):
"Many of the long carnelian beads were traded as far