Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c25.s6.20
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c25.s6.20
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Ball (1881: 483-90) described the network of Kalabagh mines, Bannu district, Panjab. This Salt-Range was stated to be (geologically) ‘the oldest known deposit of salt in the world’. *Ain-i-Akbari* refers to the deposit; the native tradition is that Akbar was informed of the existence of salt-mine in this region which might have been started earlier than his period. The exact antiquity is not known.