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Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c42.s6: References

Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c42.s6

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References

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Aṅguttara Nikāya, (P.T.S.) London, 1885-1900. Ball, V., 1881, Economic Geology, Calcutta, p. 203. Dhammapada Atthakathā, Tr. (H.O.S.), Vols. 28, 29, 30, Cambridge, 1921. Dīgha Nikāya (P.T.S.), Tr. Rhys Davids (S.B.E.) 3 Vols., London, 1899, 1921. Ghosh, A., 1973, The City in Early Historical India, Simla, pp. 5-11. Gupta, S.P. and Ramachandran, K.S. edited 1976, Mahābhārata, Myth and Reality, New Delhi. Jātaka, Ed. V. Fousboll, London, Tr. by E.B. Cowell, Cambridge, 1895-1913. Joshi, J.P., 1987, The Mahābhārata and Indian Archaeology, In Archaeology and History, edited by B.M. Pande and B.D. Chattopadhyay, Agam Kala Prakashan, Delhi, pp. 19-34.

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Joshi, J.P. and Madhubala, 1982, *Manda: a Harappan Site in Jammu and Kashmir*, In G.L.Possehl (edited) *Harappan Civilization — A Contemporary Perspective*, New Delhi, pp. 193-94.

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Lad, Gouri, 1983, *Mahābhārata and Archaeological Evidence*, Deccan College, Poona.

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*Mahābhārata*, critically edited by V.S. Sukthankar and S.K. Belvalkar, Poona, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1944.

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*Milindapañho*, Tr. by T.W. Rhys Davids (S.B.E.), Oxford, 1890-94.

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*Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmiki*, Ed. by Raghuvira, Banaras, 1951.

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Rao, S.R., 1982, *The Decipherment of the Indus Script*, Bombay.

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Rao, S.R. edited, 1988, *Marine Archaeology of Indian Ocean Countries*, National Inst. of Oceanography, Goa.

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Sharma, R.S., 1983, *Material Culture and Social Formations in Ancient India*, New Delhi, pp. 23-24, 172-73.

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Some Aspects of the Indian Guilds

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(1) *Jātaka* and *Mahāvastu* (ed. E. Senart, Paris, 1882-97).
(2) *Vinaya Piṭaka* (ed. H. Oldenberg, London, 1879-83).
(3) *Dhammapada Aṭṭhakathā* (ed. H.C. Norman, London, 1906-14).
(4) *Mahāvaṃsa*, ed. by W. Geiger (P.T.S., London, 1908).
(5) *Dīpavaṃsa*, ed. by H. Oldenberg, London, 1879.
(6) *Divyāvadāna*, ed. by E.B. Cowell and R.A. Neil, Cambridge, 1886.
(7) *Milindapañho*, ed. by V. Trenckner, London, 1880.
(8) *Sutta Nipāta*, P.T.S., London, 1913.
(9) *Jātaka*, Vol. I, p. 267 *et seq.*, Vol. II, p. 12, *et seq.*, as mentioned in the text. *Jātaka*, Vol. I, p. 106; Vol. II, p. 12; *Jātaka*, Vol. I, p. 106; Vol. II, p. 12.

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Five kinds of metal or *pañcaloha* are mentioned in the *Dhammapada Aṭṭhakathā* referred to above, viz., gold, silver, copper and bronze or *kamsa*. It is said about the trader or *kamsakāra* who cheated with the *kamsa* or bronze for gold. Brass is yellow like gold, and this is often confused with bronze, but brass etc. was indicated by the word *kamsa*.

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References

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Agrawala, V.S., *India as known to Pāṇini*, Lucknow, 1953. Digha Nikāya, P.T.S., *Pali Text Society*, Vol. I, London, 1890-1923. Ghosh, A., 2002, *The Early Vedic Age*, New Delhi, pp. 4-11. *Jātaka*, with commentary, ed. by V. Fausböll, Cambridge, 1877-1897. Majumdar, R.C., *Corporate Life in Ancient India*, Calcutta, 1922, pp. 32-34.

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