Introduction: Crafts of Indus Valley included pottery making,dying,metal working in bronze and bead making.Bead materials included: Jade from Himalayas,Lapis lazuli from Afganistan,turcoise from persia,amethyst from mewar in India,and steatite, which was found locally. Seals found in Indus valley civilization About 2500 seals are found in Indus valley civilisation.It is usually a rectangular of square.The script with animal figure is engraved on square seal.Most of the seals found to be solid.Although that these seals are made of Ivory.They were used in two ways.They used coins for trading.The figures of horned animal,buffalo,tiger,goat and elephant were carved on them.The maximum number is of single horned animals.A variety of animals shapes were made on seals with symbols in hieroglyphs.Some seals have only script engraved while some others have human and semi-human figures engraved on them.On some seals there are various patterns releted to geometry.The Indian elephant,bull,rhinoc...
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