[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Minerals and Metals in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996) › v2.c33.4 # Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c33.4 Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c33.4 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c33.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c33.4) After an introduction to the subject in chapter 1, this dissertation begins with the \*Ṛgvedic\* evidences of the ancient metallurgy in India (chapter 2). The post-Ṛgvedic literature (chapter 3) mentioned specific metals including iron, a few gems and non-gem minerals. Surprisingly however, the details of iron-making or the newly invented potteries such as PGW/NBPW are not found even in the later Vedic literatures; this is probably an effect of the casteist division in the society. - [Previous: v2.c33.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c33.3) - [Next: v2.c33.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c33.5) - [Up: v2.c33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c33) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c33.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c33.4) · Pramāṇa