[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Indus Civilization](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935) › c8.2 # The Indus Civilization c8.2 The Indus Civilization c8.2 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c8.2) THERE was evidently no scarcity of copper and bronze in the Indus valley round about 2800 B.C., for the latter has been found even at the lowest levels of Mohenjo-daro, where one specimen contained as much as 22·2 per cent. of tin. Dr. Frankfort and Dr. Woolley have also noticed that tin was very much used as an alloy to toughen copper in Sumer at a period contemporary with the Indus civilization. - [Previous: c7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c7.40) - [Next: c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c8.3) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mohenjo-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mohenjo-daro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c8.2) · Pramāṇa