An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c21.s9.t1.26
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c21.s9.t1.26
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The bulk of evidence of the early historical period comes from Taxila where the tin percentage is usually high (Marshall, 1951, pp. 567-9). So is it in objects from the earlier historical levels of PRAKASH (Athavale in Thapar, 1964 and 1965, pp. 131-5) and the coins from KAUŚĀMBĪ (Prakash and Singh, 1968). The 18 late historical bronzes at NĀLANDĀ that have been examined have a range of 1·15 to 23·68% (Lal, 1956, pp. 53-7), while one bronze from Kurkihar has 13·00% (Shere, 1961?). A Gupta bronze in the Cleveland Museum has 16·40% (Czuma, 1966, p. 70). but some 12th-century s. Indian bronzes have a low content of tin.