Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s5.8
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s5.8
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When Hiuen-Tsang visited India (629-645 AD) he found many statues made of teou-shih or brass: standing Buddha at Bamiyan, cast in small pieces and then joined together, the image of sun-god in Multan, statues in the kingdom of Takka on the river Vipāśā, some near the Kulu province, Māyāpura or Haridvāra, Garhwal and Kumāun areas, brass statues of Śiva in Vārāṇasī, of Buddha in Vaiśālī, the famous brass statue of Buddha in Bodh-Gayā, ‘ornamented with rare jewels’, and lastly the brass vihāra of Nalanda referred to earlier. We have also mentioned the sixth century AD brass statue at Fatehpur near Kangrakot.