[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c9.s19.37 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s19.37 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s19.37 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s19.37) Metallurgy was also advanced. Iron-smelting and production of tools, arms and utilitarian objects were widely practised as suggested by slag of iron discovered at many sites. But at sites like Kumbharia it seems that iron-smelting and tool-production were a subsidiary activity, the raising of architectural edifices being the main activity. - [Previous: v1.c9.s19.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s19.36) - [Next: v1.c9.s19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s19.38) - [Up: v1.c9.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s19.37) · Pramāṇa