Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c22.s6.29
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c22.s6.29
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This could have been produced only by mixing copper and zinc metals. Hence the overriding importance of the vase (BM 15-284) excavated from the Bhir Mound at Taxila, dated to the fourth century BC, and shown to contain 34.34 per cent zinc. (Marshall, 1951, 1975: 568) This is very strong evidence for the availability of metallic zinc in the fourth century BC.