| Abstract: |
Glass material at early South Asian archaeological sites is mostly constituted of beads, bangles and otherpersonal ornaments
glass vessels are extremely rare and usually easily identifiable as imports from the West. Instead, glass–workers developed efficient techniques to produce large quantities of drawn glass beads. Several glass trade networks operated contemporaneously. After describing the origins of glass in South Asia, the dominant compositions encountered among the glass artefacts of this region are described and attention is devoted to the finds encountered at Arikamedu and related archaeological sites.
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