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 * Art, Literature, and Music **


 * Sculptures and Figurines**

-Wheel-made pottery most common( McIntosh, 69) -Pots fired in updraft kilns(69) -Fired clay was also used to make baked bricks and tile(McIntosh 2,69) -Terra-cotta bangles fired to produce red(oxidized) colour, or grey(reduced) colour(69) -Figurines commonly called Mother Goddesses, depicted women wearing lots of jewellery and usually a head ornament(69) -Male figures known as Merhgarh, commonly turban clad (McIntosh, 69) -Features were incised or added by appliqué (69) -Cattle were the most common sculpture, possibly with some religious significance(69) -Terra-cotta bangles were worn by Indus women(McIntosh 2, 131)

** Beads **

-Made beads from: semi-precious stones, gold, silver, copper, shell, terra-cotta, and steatite(McIntosh 2, 72) -Preferred stone like agate, jasper, carnelian, and chalcedony that were harder to cut but stayed polished longer(72) -Metal smiths made bowls and vases in bronze(Hawkes, 268) -Cheaper jewelry was made of faience and copied patterns of real gems(269)

** Architecture **

-Cities built on a grid plan of streets (Kirkpatrick, 32) -Large blocks divided by alleys, from where you would enter the house (Kirkpatrick, 36) -Major cities were walled for protection from floods (55)

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