An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.80

v2.c28.80

Copper was used for a variety of objects such as celts, rings, bangles and knives. Together with these metallurgical slag was also found in a number of trenches. This shows that Ahar was possibly a copper-smelting centre in this Pd. A metallographic study conducted on one of the axes shows that it was cast in a crude unventilated sand or earth mould [16.10] and was left in the cast condition.