Metallurgy, Materials & Chemistry
Indus stoneware bangles and faience
c. 2600-1900 BCEIndus craftspeopleMohenjo-daro, HarappaIndus / NW (now Pakistan/Afghanistan)
2,600 BCE
Extremely hard, high-fired stoneware bangles and glazed faience ornaments made in controlled kilns.
- Dated
- 2,600–1,900 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 2600-1900 BCE
- Originator
- Indus craftspeople
- Source text
- Mohenjo-daro, Harappa
- Region
- Indus / NW (now Pakistan/Afghanistan)
- Discipline
- Metallurgy, Materials & Chemistry
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Stoneware bangles were a specialised, possibly controlled, product.
Path to modern innovation
Shows sophisticated control of high-temperature ceramics.
References
- 1Halim & Vidale (1984)
- 2Kenoyer
Further reading
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