Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c28.s8.t5.16

v1.c28.s8.t5.16

Tin percentages were well below one in most cases, where a little scrap bronze might have been used. *Rasaratnasamuccaya* recipe of ‘eight parts of copper and two parts tin’ i.e. 20 per cent tin bronze could not be used in Nepal or Tibet for the scarcity of tin. Significantly two bells from ninteteenth century Tibet (Craddock, 1981: 27-28, Nos. 47 and 80) assay 20.8 and 19.8 per cent tin respectively.