Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c20.s1.35

v1.c20.s1.35

It is evident that Banerjee put lot of emphasis on the ‘diffusion from outside’ theory, the immigration of the so-called Aryans into India and the primacy of the iron-making traditions in Sialk VI. He referred (1965: 237) to the Hittites being defeated in circa 1190 BC, which set “in motion a colossal exodus of an Indo-European people in all directions with all their arts and sciences”, and resulted in “a new people occupying Iranian plateau, i.e., Sialk VI and introducing iron in the new habitat”.