Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c15.s1.3

v1.c15.s1.3

Although the houses of Ahar were made of stone, only six flueted cores of chert, chalcedony and quartz and a large number of quartz nodules were found. Considering the fact that Ahar was a copper-manufacturing site, located in the heart of the copper belt, it is probable that most of the cutting and other tools were of copper. This explains the dearth or absence of stone tools. However the Banas culture had a developed blade industry at Gilund just 80 km away and also at Kayatha.