History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c11.s3.5

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Most of the tools of the Copper Hoard culture (Fig. 11, 12) have been found in hoards or caches, mainly from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh. Since most of the artifacts were chance finds, there was no control of a definite associated assemblage. As a result, finds from such far-flung sites as Shalozan in north-western Pakistan, Bhargrapir in Orissa, and Kallur in the south have been included in the Copper Hoard culture zone. A wide variety of types of tools was included in this amorphous collection: rings, a variety of celts, trunnion axes, anthropomorphs, harpoons, swords, double-edged and socketed axes, and so on. Naturally, such an odd assortment of tools have given rise to a plethora of hypotheses, and it fell to Lal to bring some order to the Copper Hoards.