This is a small group of garnet beads found in Karur, TamilNadu. These beads are all polished but have no specific shape. They are all hand drilled and are between 3 - 9mm. Garnets were one of the most abundant semi precious materials to be found in Tamilnadu. These beads probably date between 1st - 6th Century AD.
An interesting aspect of documenting beads is that most of them are found in riverbeds. These beads shown above were found in a river near Karur. Probably the Noyyal river. As opposed to archaeological excavations, these beads only help us to study the varieties and quantities, Drilling patterns and approximate find spots. Since they were found in a river they could have been washed down from any point up-river of the find spot.
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