CRAFT PRODUCTION IN INDUS VALLEY

a) Types of craft production such as bead-making, shell-cutting, metal-working, seal-making and weight-making were practiced.

b) The variety of raw materials used for making crafts such as

stones (carnelian - red stone, jasper - yellowstone, crystal- colourless stone, quartz and steatite), metals (copper, bronze and gold), shell and clay.

c) The shapes of crafts were numerous – disc shaped, cylindrical, spherical, barrel-shaped, segmented, etc. Some were decorated by painting and some had designs etched onto them. Some beads were made of two or more stones, cemented together. Some of stones were decorated with gold caps

d) Techniques for making beads differed according to the material like Moulding, chipping, Grinding, polishing and drilling etc.

e) Chanhudaro, Lothal, Dholavira, Nageshwar, Balakot, Mohenjodaro and Harappa are some of the craft centres.