chanhudaro, crafts production centre
Finding out about craft production Chanhudaro: little settlement less than 7 hectare. Exclusively devoted to craft production including bead -making, shell- cutting, metal-working, seal-making and weight-making. First excavated by NG Majumdar in 1931, is the only Harappan city which does not have a fortified citadel. Materials used in making beds stones: carnelian(red-color stone), Jasper stone, crystal stone, quartz Stone, steatite/soap stone( very soft). metals: copper bronze gold others: shell, faience(glazed ceramic beads), Terracotta (baked earth/ earthenware.). Some beads were made of two or more stones, cemented together. They are of different shapes- disc shaped ,cylindrical shaped, barrel shaped ,segmented incised or painted on them. Techniques of making Beads Steatite (soft stone). Some beads were moulded out of a paste made with steatite powder. red color of Carnelian was obtained by firing the yellowish raw material. spec...