Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c20.s3.1
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c20.s3.1
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v1.c20.s3.1
Following Young’s division of the Iron Age in Iran into three stages, Allchins (1983: 345) divided the Iron Age in India into three periods: (I) spanning 1300-1000 BC — ‘the earliest report from south Rajasthan (Ahar), then Pirak (north-west), Hallur (south), and still later from Brahmāvarta (Noh)’, (II) second period 1000-800 BC, and (III) 800-500 BC period.