Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s1.2
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s1.2
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Similar materials might have been used for making the brass-bronze items of Atrañjikhera during the PGW era (1200-600 BC). One copper item contained 11.68 per cent Sn, 9.0 Pb and 6.28 Zn; another item assayed 20.72 Sn and 16.20 Zn. Both the samples contained traces of iron and sulphur, indicating the possibility of chalcopyrite and sphalerite-galena having been the source materials which could easily come from the Ahar-Zawar area.