Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c42.s3.1

v2.c42.s3.1

During the Pre-Mauryan era, the Greek authors such as Herodotus (3.102-105) first mentioned about the legend of ant-gold in India. In the *Mahābhārata* also, we find the same topic: *pipīlikaih jātarūpam* (2.48.4). Megasthanes (Indica 32), Strabo (15.1.44), Pliny (6.22;11.35) repeated the story that ant-golds came from Kashmir, Tibet and the Dardic region.