An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c21.s9.20

v1.c21.s9.20

In the late phase of Pd II and early phase of Pd III of UJJAIN there is evidence of iron-smelting in the form of large deposits of iron slag, unsmelted or partly smelted iron ore, lumps of calcite or aragonite and quantities of a whitish powder, presumably lime, in close association with a canal [14.7].