History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c17.s4.7

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We have provided the C-14 date of 760 B.C. for the Hatti gold field in Table 1. There is no earlier date for gold-mining in India than this. Probably the bulk of gold during the Harappan and even the Historical Periods in India was derived from alluvial washings, a practice widely observed as late as the nineteenth century (Ball, 1880). Table 1 contains several C-14 dates for the zinc-lead ore mines in Rajasthan such as Rajpura- Dariba, Rampura-Agucha, Zawarmala etc.