Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c42.s3.t1.9

v2.c42.s3.t1.9

clearly prove that insertions were made in the epic long after the onset of the Christian era. The description of the gold-decorated ornametal armour-coats in the Virāṭaparva is very significant on account of their close affinity with Sassanian metal works of the fifth-sixth centuries AD (Lad, 1983).