Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c24.3

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During this period India was far from achieving any semblance of national unity. While the Magadha kings ruled over a part of the north-east, the Andhra Sātavāhanas ruled the Central India from coast to coast. The north-western India was the battleground of Scythians (Śakas), Pārthians, Kuṣāṇas etc. (Periplus, chapter 38) In the South, there were three kingdoms, the Chera of the Kerala region, the Pāṇḍya in the southernmost part and the most powerful and richest Cola kingdom stretching from the Pennar river and Nellore down to Vaigai river on the south (Colamaṇḍalam or Coromandel coast). It had its capital