2014 · Q16
Which one among the following is not true of bead-making as a salient feature of mature Harappan crafts?
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- AHarappan beads were made of gold, copper, shell, lapis lazuli, ivory and a variety of semi-precious stones
- BArchaeologists have identified bead-makers shops on the basis of assemblages of unfinished objects
- CAt Chanhudaro, tools, furnaces and beads in various stages of preparations have been found
- DThe structure of Banawali, yielded many beads in finished, semi-finished and unfinished states
Explanation
Harappan beads used gold, copper, shell, lapis lazuli, ivory and semi-precious stones, bead-makers' shops are identified from unfinished objects, and Chanhudaro shows the full production sequence; no such bead-making evidence comes from Banawali - statement (d) is not true.