[INDOLOGY] glass in ancient India

[Walter Slaje]

For those interested in the matter and who do not have the Begram
publications ready to hand, the images attached might convey an idea about
the beauty of these artefacts.

Regards, WS

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Prof. Dr. Walter Slaje
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Deutschland



2016-07-07 17:43 GMT+02:00 John Huntington <john.darumadera at gmail.com>:

> In the northern Indic regions of what is now Pakistan and Afghanistan,
> there was a substantial number of glass objects found at Begram and some
> blue glass blocks (paving tiles?) around the stupa at Butkara I in Swat.
> The Begram material is probably imported but the big blocks of blue glass
> at Butkara I may have been produced locally.
>
> The Begram material is published in the J. Hackin: Memoires de la
> Delegation Archeologique Francaise en Afghanistan, *Recherches
> Arceologiques a Begram* Chantier No. 2  (1937), Text and Planches (2
> vols)  and *Nouvelles Recherches Archeologiques a Begram* (ancienne
> Kapici) (1939-1940) Text and Planches (2 books).
>
> I am not sure of the blue glass from Butkara I was ever published.
>
> John C. Huntington
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Dagmar Wujastyk <d.wujastyk at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Many thanks for these very helpful pointers!
>> Dagmar
>>
>> On 7 July 2016 at 16:07, Dan Lusthaus <prajnapti at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> See https://www.britishmuseum.org/PDF/Mairs.pdf
>>>
>>> From the British Museum, by Rachel Mairs, "Glassware from Roman Egypt at
>>> Begram (Afghanistan) and the Red Sea trade”. Includes large bibliography.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>
>>
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