An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c23.s1.5
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c23.s1.5
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Besides antimony rods, phials, containers or caskets for keeping antimony powder have also been reported from some sites. At PRAKASH an ivory (?) casket has been found in Pd II (c. 5th to 1st centuries B.C.); metal caskets for keeping antimony are reported from UJJAIN, Taxila (Marshall, 1951, p. 587) and SAMBHAR, besides antimony holders in the form of fish carved out of conch-shells from RAIRH.