Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c13.s3.3

v1.c13.s3.3

The courtyard 297 on the north-eastern side of this building may one day supply the clue to the source of the heat conducted, or intended to be conducted, through the flues; for it appears to have communicated with the interior of the building by an opening just under 2 feet wide that was blocked up at some later date. In this courtyard some most interesting and illuminating finds were made. In the middle of its wide entrance, a large pottery jar was found. A large pan in the north-east contained a number of copper and bronze tools, an ingot of bronze, and bangles and razors all of them products of the metal-worker's craft. A very miscellaneous assortment of most interesting material lay spread over the floor of the court at the average level of 10.4 feet and it looks as if the occupants of this unique building had had to leave the place hurriedly and had never returned. These objects include a seal and an unfinished carved shell ball. A copper chisel also came here from the same level. (MCK, 43)