Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c42.s3.t1.1
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c42.s3.t1.1
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The art of gem-incrustation was earlier known but popularized later in India by the Indo-Scythians and Parthians at Taxilā around the first century AD. Significantly, Lad (1983: 51 and 70-71) opines that the fifty odd references to the jewelled artefacts were entered in the epic during or after the aforesaid date. Some of the references are listed below.