Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s3.t2.3
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s3.t2.3
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The earliest C-14 datings in the Zawar Mines are 430 ± 100 BC of the PRL 932 sample from the Zawar Mala Mine and 380 ± 50 BC of the BM 2381 sample from the Mochia Mine. (Paliwal et al.) Similar datings from Rajpura-Dariba (e.g. 375 BC), Rampura-Agucha (370 BC) etc. (vide Table 17.1) confirm the widespread underground mining of lead-zinc ores in the southern Rajasthan during the fifth-fourth centuries BC onwards.