Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c22.s6.5

v1.c22.s6.5

Lead in Taxila was probably obtained from the same mines as silver at Fāranjāl and neighbouring localities in Southern Afghanistan or from the lead-zinc ore mines of Rajasthan. When Pliny said that lead and bronze, being imported in the west Indian ports were not available in India, he had little knowledge about the rest of India, or about the fact that the Andhras and Śakas had earlier made the metals from indigenous sources and used them.