Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c28.s8.7

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By accepting Werner’s proposition to determine the antiquity of an icon in terms of its zinc content, Swarnakamal (1980: 90) might have made a mistake. He disagreed with U.P. Shah’s (1956 and 1959) early dating (5th-11th century AD) of the Akota bronzes and commented that the high zinc bronzes or brass icons were made much later. We would rather support U.P. Shah who based his conclusions on the palaeography of the inscriptions. Bisht and Jain (1981-82)