Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c18.s1.12

v1.c18.s1.12

For conclusive evidences on indigenous technology in the areas of minerals and metals, we should better look for: (a) mines of antiquity, (b) outfits for smelting, furnaces and crucibles, (c) heaps of slags and slag-ore correlation regarding the non-metallic phases, and (d) a reasonably large number of artefacts at different stages of manufacture and of composition and properties varying within narrow limits. Fortunately, several such evidences for indigenous metallurgy in India have been obtained from Mehrgarh, Ganeshwar-Jodhpura, Chanhu-Daro, Lothal, Ahar, Khetri (for copper), Atrañjikhera, Ujjain (iron), Zawar (zinc) etc.