Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c10.s4.4

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Evidences at Nal, Amri etc. indicate that use of silver and lead started in south Baluchistan. The raw material might have come from Afghanistan or Rajasthan. (Asthana, 1982) During the fourth millennium BC, the two major Pre-Harappan cultures which further developed mineral exploration and metallurgical practices in the Indian sub-continent were: Kot Dijian along the Indus valley and Sothian in the Sarasvati valley and Rajasthan area. Eventually, the Ganeshwar-Jodhpura area in Rajasthan became the major supplier of copper metal in the Indus-Sarasvati valley cultures.