History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c37.s1.6

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Examples of really ancient leather is very rare because it is a perishable commodity. Skin is preserved in the dry climate as in the tombs in Egypt and in saltish water as leather scrolls of the Dead Sea and in frozen places as that of the leather in the frozen wastes in Central Asia. Probably more actual articles of leather survived in these places than any where else but this is not to say that similar leather articles were not in use elsewhere particularly in India. Even most of the leather articles of recent past are to be considered more or less the replica of the ancient ones like the body armour, shield, scabbard, containers, garments, caps, boxes, chappals, sandals, shoes etc.