Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c18.s1.5

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So far as the use of metals in the ancient sites are concerned, the existence or absence of mines in the neighbourhood areas in the modern age hardly establishes any truth. On the one hand, the currently known mines might have been unknown to the ancient people, and on the other, some small near-surface reserves might have been thoroughly exploited by the ancient miners, so that we do not know them at present.