[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.c41.4 # Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c41.4 Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c41.4 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c41.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c41.4) Weighing various arguments, H. Jacobi concluded and counselled: "without weighty arguments, one must not push aside the unanimous Indian tradition" (regarding the authorship and date of the \*Arthaśāstra\*). We are therefore on reliable grounds while placing \*Arthaśāstra\* in the early Maurya era of the late fourth century before Christ. - [Previous: v2.c41.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c41.3) - [Next: v2.c41.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c41.5) - [Up: v2.c41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c41) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c41.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c41.4) · Pramāṇa