History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c12.10

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The chapter on mining (II.12) of Kauṭilya *Arthaśāstra* is largely devoted to gold and silver ores and deposits of iron ore in a single *sutra* (II.12.15). While the text devotes two Chapters to the manufacture of gold and silver articles (I.18 and II.14), it merely refers to factories to be started for the manufacture of articles of copper, lead, tin, brass, etc., along with steel and iron (II.12.23) and does not contain even a single *sūtra* concerning the process of manufacturing steel for the articles to be made out of it (Kangle, 1965).