[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915) › c8.5 # South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.5 South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.5 - **Language:** English ### [c8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.5) ² The use of copper seems to be as old as the Vedas as will appear from a reference to 'lohitam ayas (red metal, t.e., copper) in the Atharva Veda, XI 3, 7. - [Previous: c8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.4) - [Next: c8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.6) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.11.3.7) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.5) · Pramāṇa