Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c11.s18.10

v1.c11.s18.10

The DK area of section G was probably a suburban industrial area, which was characterised by the uses of furnaces and crucibles, manufacture of beads, seals and potteries, and even purification of crude metal ingots (which were brought from the mining areas of Baluchistan and Rajasthan) for subsequent fabrication of tools and castings.