Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s5.5
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s5.5
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Philostratus of Lemons, writing around AD 230, mentioned a shrine in Taxila (presumably Buddhist) in which “the various figures were portrayed in a mosaic of orichalcum (brass), silver, gold and oxidized copper”. A much more significant fact related to Indian brass of this era is the advent of the alchemist Nāgārjuna.