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Large scale mining was resumed around 400 BC as evident from Kautilya's Arthaśāstra (vide Vol. II, chapter 5), and continued through the Maurya, Śuṅga and Kuṣāṇa eras up to the second century AD. Rajpura-Dariba was again exploited for five centuries (375 BC to AD 110), if not longer, Rampura-Agucha for at least two centuries (370-250 BC) and Zawar Mines for at least five centuries. (430 BC to 60 AD and so on) (Table 17.1)