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ore than copper from the sulphide ores. In India while iron ore Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 are occurring as surface deposits embedded in the Quartz and Dolomite minerals below the gound level. This aspect of the discovery and development of iron technology has been discussed in detail by Prakash, B. (1990) and from this view point the earlier attempts of correlating the discovery of iron to P.G.W. and N.B.P. in the Northern India seems to be inaccurate, although iron implements appear along with these potteries at many sites.