Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c22.s6.7

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The analysis given in Table 14.4 shows that soft ductile copper of great purity was freely used at Taxila for hammering out domestic utensils, bars, sheet and wire. In one of the specimens (No. 7), the impurity amounts only to 0.32 per cent. Marshall thought that this suggest the use of natural copper such as that exist in the Zanskar Valley, a specimen of which was assayed by Sana Ullah: 99.48 Cu, 0.08 Fe and 0.34 insoluble (SiO₂, etc.).