Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s3.t2.4

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There are subsequent C-14 datings in the said mining area: 250 BC, 200, 170, 140, 120 BC, AD 60, 110, AD 150. The history of Zawar is interwoven with the colourful past of the former state of Mewar (Udaipur). An inscription dating to the seventh century AD found at Samoli in southern Mewar refers to the arrival of a merchant in the area and of his starting of a mine at Zawar, then known as Arandyagire. Inscriptions on old temples constructed in and around old Zawar tell of mining and working of the deposits in the seventh century AD, and of the full flourishing of the industry during thirteenth century AD onwards. (Paliwal et al.)