Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c22.s6.31

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Table 14.7 shows second century BC Sirkap bangle assaying 19.70 per cent zinc. In the Dharmarājika settlement, the post-Christian brass objects like bangle and pot were made of a remarkably controlled composition 12.88-13.07 per cent zinc. The brass specimens contain both lead and tin in appreciable proportions, so that the alloy was too hard for hammered work, and suitable only for casting.