Ancient glass of south asia : Archaeology, ethnography and global connection / edited by:Kanungo, Alok KumarDussubieux, Laure edited by Alok Kumar Kanungo, Laure Dussubieux - Singapore : Springer, 2021 - xxvi, 557p.

This book provides a comprehensive research on ancient Indian glass.The contributors include experienced archaeologists of South Asian glass,and archaeological chemists with expertise in the chemical analysis of glass,besides established ethnohistorians and ethnoarchaeologists.It is comprised of five parts,and each part discusses different aspects of glass study:the origin of glass and its evolution,its scientific study and its care,ancient glass in literature and glass ethnography,glass in South Asia and diffusion of glass in different parts of the World.

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Glass craft--Glass grinding and polishing--Asia--South Asia
Glass manufacture--History--Asia--South Asia
Archaeology and history--Asia--South Asia

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