The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c26.6
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c26.6
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The Greek word for tin, again, found already in Homer, *kassiteros*, has been adduced³ to show that tin was among the wares which travelled to the Greek world from India. For the Greek word is obviously the same as the Sanskrit word *kastīra*. Unfortunately the borrowing seems to have been the other way. The word *kastīra* found its way comparatively late into India from Greece⁴.