This slides are base on different types of Culture Heritage of Pakistan in the era of B.C, it's made from the most prominent writer's book J.M.Kenyor. he defined about the History of I.V.C in very well manner and find out the very special and unique History for people.

1. Name : Faiza Raees
Subject : Culture Heritage in Pakistan
Date : 17.01.2017

2. Craft Tradition Of Indus Valley
Civilization
And their Legacy In Modern Pakistan
By: J. Mark Kenyor

3. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION
INTRODUCTION
 The Indus Valley Civilization was one of the world's
first great urban civilizations. It flourished in the vast
river plains and adjacent regions in what are now
Pakistan and western India

4. CRAFT TRADITION: THE ROOTS OF THE HISTORICAL
PATTERN OF CRAFT PRODUCTION CAN BE TRACED
BY THE THOUSAND OF THE YEAR TO THE EARLY
VILLAGES AND THE CITIES OF THE GREATEST INDUS
REGION

5. DIFFERENT CRAFT WORK
 Stone working
 Bead making
 Glazed, Firt and glass
 Textile
 Metal working

6. STONE WORKING
 Rocks are among the most commonly available material to
make the utilitarian tool and container.
 Oldest example: chipped stone tool
 Sharp stone blades(10,000-1900b.c)
 Hill made up “chert and limestone” it s the important tool for
production ancient stone tool such as axes and chopper” 500,000
year ago

7. ALABASTER
ANOTHER TYPE OF STONE “ WHITE ALABASTER THAT IS USE
FOR ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS SUCH
AS COLUMN BASE AND LATTICE WORK.
ITS ALSO USE MAKE FOR BANGLES THOUGHT
THESE WERE QUITE SOFT AND INVARIABLY FOUND BROKEN.
TODAY, VARIOUS COLOR ALABASTER DYED
AND ONYX COLOR USE FOR MAKING A WIDE RANGE OF TILE
AND ORNAMENTAL PIECES.

8. BEAD MAKING
 One of the most important ancient craft that has continued
unabated into present is the production of beads from various
type of material.
 Oldest beads make “ostrich egg shell”(10,000 year ago)
White disc beads continued to be made I.C
And in late Harappa period

9. EARLY HISTORIC PERIOD
 White stone beads replace the white shell beads as
well as white glass beads and more valuable beads
made from pearls.

10. CARNELIAN BEADS, GOD ,AND LAPIS LAZULI

11.  Towards the end of i.v.c various factor led to development
of highly refined faience production and eventually the
development of glass technology. The earliest glass
beads from Harappa is a deep red-orange colour that
look like a carnelian.
 This glass technology of Indus region set the foundation
of later glass working of early historic period.

12. FEMALE FIGURINE
 Female figurine with Elaborate headdress and male
figurine with patloon and turban indicate the full
development of textile production. Blake painted
design or some turban indicate the Blake goat, wool
or deep indigo dye was used make decorative
woven bands.

13. FAMOUS EXAMPLE OF TEXTILE
 As a king priest the trefoil and circle were originally
filled with red pigment and the background filled
with dark pigment. White color of the originals stone
would have been visible in the stone of circle,
resulting in striking pattern made of green and blue
with red and white design

14. SILK IS ANOTHER FIBER USED DURING THE
I.V.C
Two example: silk fabric , woven fabric
 Silk fiber use for threading beads
 Woven fabric of silk have discovered but silk
fabric is important in early historic period

15. METAL WORKING
Metal working of Indus region earliest Neolithic period
7000 B.c . Inhabitant of mehrghar collected the
copper and made this red colored metals in to beads.
Use for cutting the tool such as
the knives and arrowhead.
Copper used in ornaments such as beads, rings and
bangles.

16.  ARSENICAL BRONZE
 Tin bronze

17. GOLD
 Earliest gold ornaments come from Ravi /hakra
phase occupation of Harappa in south side. It's
probably obtained in the soan river in Punjab. silver
may com various sources in Baluchistan to the
west.
 Different type of ornaments created in the precious
metal that would have been sewn on clothing as
well as beads, pendant, head band, and bangles

18. TODAY
 Many of the gold and silver ornaments is used
today throughout Pakistan may contain traces of
ancient wealth of Indus period.

19. CONCLUSION
 The craft tradition of the pre-historic and the early
historic period of the greatest Indus region are very
rich. Many different regional style of craft we seen
in Pakistan today. While there are the much
continuities between ancient and modern
technology

20. FOR EXAMPLE
 The temperature for firing a specific kind of clay or
the easiest method for hammering copper cannot
change because of the nature of material.