Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c42.s2.3

v2.c42.s2.3

An early version of the epic probably referred to the pastoral economy and unsophisticated agro-rural set up as in vogue in Bhagwānpura and Hastināpura during the OCP and early PGW era. As a matter of fact, several archaic features, not only of language and construction, but also of culture contained in the epic have managed to escape the scrubbing and polishing of later centuries’. Some of the awkward and conspicuous examples have been cited by Lad (1983:66).