Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s8.2
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s8.2
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In June 1985, the Royal Society of England arranged an international seminar on “2000 years of Zinc and Brass” at Bristol, acknowledging India’s pioneering contribution in the area since the onset of the Christian era. We have shown in this chapter however that the Indian tradition for making cementation brass is probably 3500 years old; the tradition originated at Lothal, Rajpura-Dariba and Atrañjikhera and culminated with the unique fourth century BC brass artefacts from Taxila.