Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c17.s2.t2.3

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She further opined that this Copper Hoard Culture must have originated in a particular region and then expanded to other regions, gradually gaining maturity in technique and variety in typology. In Bengal we find the Copper Hoard Culture in its original and more simpler form. More complicated, refined and better finished implements like antennae-hilted swords, hooked spear-heads, harpoons, anthropomorphic from etc. of the Gaṅgā-Yamunā Doab are yet to be discovered in West Bengal, whereas Bengal Copper Hoard tools types have been discovered from Doab region and in certain parts of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. This indicates earlier origin of the Bengal Hoards and subsequent migration of the culture to the Gangetic Doab and other regions. (Bose, 1987: 42)