Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c28.s8.t6.12
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c28.s8.t6.12
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Adichanallur on the bank of Tambraparni in Tirunelveli district was an important centre during the seventh-eighth century AD for producing copper figures of the mother goddess, animals and birds. But the golden age of bronze-casting emerged during the tenth-eleventh centuries under the Cola kings of Thanjavur who encouraged the bronze-casters of Swamimalai, Kumbakonam, Chidambaram etc. to make the finest bronze idols of the world.