"This thesis takes a bead's eye view of eastern Africa and Indian Ocean trade, focusing particularly on the trade and trade networks that connected southern Africa to the rest of the world. It also ...

Much before the blow-pipe invention in the West, a technological leap in glass technology was achieved in the Indian subcontinent which transformed glass bead production, according to Alok Kumar ...

Ahmedabad: Archaeological evidence of glass beads discovered in Vadnagar, north Gujarat, suggests that the town was connected to extensive trade networks spanning the Mediterranean, Middle East ...