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Around the Indus in 90 Slides 2

Red-brown glass-like bead

This bead was thought to be the earliest glass in the subcontinent, dating at least to 1700 BC. Trench 38, Late Harappan Period. However, subsequent analysis in 2008 has determined that it is not glass, but some form of crystalline rock.

Jewelry
Beads
Harappa
Photograph
Harappa Archaeological Research Project
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