Nani Rayan

SR No.: 001481
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Pulin Vasa
Publisher: Kalikal Sarvagya Shri Hemchandracharya Navam Janmashatabdi Smruti Sanskar Shikshannidhi Ahmedabad
Total Pages: 66
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Art, & Culture
File Size: 9 MB

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Areca nut beads:
There are both, complete as well as truncated and flat areca nut beads. One of them has an incised line on the belly while some have rather squat shape. They are black, brown, yellow and red in color.
The same Varity of TC beads have been found at the excavations at Dev Ni Mori, Nagara, Somnath and Shamlaji. 86
It was interesting to see the children of this village playing with these ancient beads. They passed a thin firm twig thru the central hole and rotate it like a Gyro. In native dialect this toy is known as Ghiriyo, quite close to gyro both literarily and technically.
Was decoration the only purpose of the TC beads? Some of the beads are finely made with a smooth slip but many others are quite rough and unpolished. I believe they were used as Net Weights. Even today the fishermen attach the same shaped lead balls on the lower strings of their fishing nets. Some of the beads were used to spin wool or cotton. Identical beads have
been exhibited in the Natural History Museum at New York. They have been found from Aztec site in America. (Personal Observation during the visit of this Museum) Shell Beads:
They are tubular, round or drum shaped. All have a central perforation. Their size varies from 14 mm to 5mm. Beads from the pot:
As the beads found from the pot are quite different from the beads recovered earlier and as all of them were in a single vessel I have discussed them separately.
Semi precious stone which abound in a remarkable variety of color & structure were perhaps the most favorite material utilized by the Indian craftsman in the bead industry in the ancient days. It would be no exaggeration to hold that except Egypt no other country shows such an exuberant use of stone bead as India 87
These beads are distinctively Harrapan. Find of this pot full of beads from the trench, the location so close to the River and just 100 yards away from the 13ft long brick platform adds a new dimension and an amount of richness to the artifacts recovered from the site.
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Excavation reports of these sites by Dr R.N. Mehta et. All. S.B. Deo, Deccan College, 2000, Indian Beads a Cultural & Technological Study
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