Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c11.s2.8

v1.c11.s2.8

Bronze was used in preference to copper for the manufacture of weapons and implements requiring an extra sharp cutting edge, and for ornaments, figurines and other such articles in which a specially fine finish was desired. It was used for making virtually all the same objects as of copper, including vases, and would probably have superseded the pure metal for the scarcity of tin. It was certainly not due to any lack of skill in the working of this metal that bronze objects are rarer than copper ones at Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa.