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Icons, see Bronzes Ināmgāon, 155-57 Indo-Roman trade of metals, 307-12 Indo-Roman trade of minerals, 289-307 beryl group of minerals, 298-299 corundum group, 296-99 diamond, 303-07 garnet group, 299-301 ivory, 302-03 pearl, 301-02 quartz group, 294-96 silicate gems, 297-301 Iron Age — Early Era, 209-48 diffusionist paradigm, 212-18, 239-40 early samples, 242 early sites, 213-41 Dhatwa, 236-38 east Indian, 222-25 Hallur, 227-29 megalithic central Indian, 229-33 megalithic peninsular, 225-29 north Indian, 220-22 Rajghat, 238-39 Ujjain, 233-36 early smelting furnace, 231 early tool types, 243-45 origin of Indian tradition, 212-18, 239-40 science of ancient technology, 209-11 Iron Age — post-Christian Era, 385-407 controversy on wootz and steel antiquity, 385-93 damascening wootz, 391-93