History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c37.s1.7
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c37.s1.7
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The oldest leather was found by the Tunisian researcher E. Schiaparelli during excavations at the Upper Egyptian settlements, Ghebelen. At the same place he found a real tannery and the tanning material used in tanning - Acacia nilotica containing 31% tannin - a tannin species similar to the Bābul of (acacia arabica) of India. Acacia nilotica is available even today in Sudan, the neighbouring country of Egypt where the author of the article analysed the pod of the species and found to contain 41% of tannin - a very good tanning material - nothing to outbeat it even today (Fig. 1).