Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s2.4

v1.c26.s2.4

The above reference is probably to the process of downward distillation of zinc (‘droplets of false silver’) and its subsequent mixing with copper to make brass oreichalkos (ārakūṭa in Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra) described in detail in the post-Christian era Sanskrit texts.