Antiquity · 2003 · 90 citations · 19 references
Social SciencesArea StudiesHistoryAsian HistoryAsian StudiesRegional StudiesAncient IndiaAsian SocietiesEast Asian StudiesIndian StudiesSouth Asian HistorySouth Asian StudiesAncient South Asian HistoryEthnography Of BeadmakingIndian Social HistoryPostcolonial South AsiaRegional Social ChangeSocial Change ModelsSocial Change NarrativesSouth Asian Archaeology
The author shows how technical studies of beads made of agate and carnelian are informative indicators of social conditions and contacts between regions. The beads in question throw new light on the relations between India and South-east Asia in the first millennium BC.
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