History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c12.s1.t5.1

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Lead, zinc and silver mining has been done in India from ancient times. Table 1 gives the radio-carbon dates in years before present (b.p.) for remains found associated with mining and smelting at Rajpura Dariba, Rampura-Agucha, Zawar Table 1- Radio-carbon dates in years (before the present) for remains found associated with ancient mining and smelting of lead-zinc- Silver.