Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c42.s3.t1.6

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A few gold pātras ear-marked as gifts for brāhmaṇas were likewise incrusted with vajra (12.165.14). Similar silver dishes with gem incrustations were introduced at Taxilā by the Greeks around AD 100 for the first time; these were known as paterae. The drinking horn or rhyton of the Graeco-Romans was also imitated. In one solitary instance, the Mahābhārata (8.6.37) describes some elephant-tusks and rhino and cattle-horns, ornamented with pearls and precious stones, which were used as water-sprinklers during the consecration of Karṇa as the commander of the Kauravas.