Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c20.s3.t1.2
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c20.s3.t1.2
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v1.c20.s3.t1.2
Thus, north-western India can hardly claim any antecedence over Atrañjikhera in the western Uttar Pradesh and the sites of Noh and Jodhpura in Rajasthan regarding the first advent of iron in India. The anxiety to emphasize ‘early’ dates in the north-west may be traced to the subjective preference for the diffusionist theory (intrusion of the ‘Aryans’ from the west).