RING-STONE [For Pillar Support]

This Indus civilization antiquity was obtained from Mohenjo-Daro. It is made out of Limestone. It could have been used as a base for wooden pillars or columns.

Numerous ring-stones made from limestone have been recovered from Indus sites such as Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro and Dholavira.

Dr. Randall Law [University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA] initiated a large‐scale effort to identify the geologic sources from which Indus Civilization people acquired rock and mineral resources. Using a wide range of analytic techniques, such as, Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA), thousands of stone and metal antiquities from more than a dozen Harappan sites were examined. The researcher says, it seems that certain raw materials, such as steatite, chert, agate and, perhaps, copper, were mainly (but not always exclusively) acquired from very specific source areas; Then, they were distributed via long‐distance trade networks to consumers throughout the Indus Civilization. Under this vast inter‐regional exchange system, there were numerous regionally oriented ones. The people of Greater Indus regions such as Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were utilizing limestone, agate and carnelian from occurrences in areas of eastern Kutch (like Dholavira) and Ratanpur (including Lothal) of Gujarat. Watercraft or cattle caravans were perhaps used for transportation.