Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c5.269
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c5.269
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c5.269
The description of a celestial car would make the inference tenable that relief-work was also practised.¹¹ Another interesting feature of gold industry was the preparation of mirrors (*ādāsa*) by giving fine polish to the surface of the metal.¹² Golden plates were used for inscriptions of messages or sayings of importance.¹³