History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c34.8

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Ramesh Chunder Dutt has brought out numerous references from Ṛgveda, wherein certain names of ornaments are mentioned. Accordingly, the lighting ornaments of the Marutas are compared with jewellery (Anji), such as the necklaces (Srak), the crowns (Sipra Hiraṇmayī) (Dutt. 1893). The science of metallurgy had advanced considerably. A passage in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad specifies various metals. It reads, “As one binds gold by means of silver, and lead by means of tin, and iron by means of lead, and wood by means of iron, and also by means of leather” (Dutt, 1893).