Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c16.s1.8

v1.c16.s1.8

All the objects described above such as the copper axes, bangles and necklaces were found in a small area, obviously a part of a house which however was not found. The circumstances of their discovery suggest that the occupants of the house had to leave the settlement all of a sudden: a calamity so sudden and unexpected and at the same time of unimaginable magnitude, that the only course left open to them was to flee for life. (Dhavalikar In Agarwal and Chakrabarty, 1979: 233)