Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c44.s6.20

v2.c44.s6.20

Sarveśvararasāyana (SSRS) and Nalina’s Dhātuvāda (DV) were probably composed during the ninth century AD, and translated into Tibetan two centuries later. (Bhattacharyya, 1932; Ray, 1956: 123-24) SSRS, 5 described the reaction between copper and sulphur to produce copper sulphide. The art of purifying ranga or tin was known (SSRS, 6) Dhātuvāda described the preparations of gold-silver-lead alloy and copper amalgam using copper and quicksilver (DV, 4-5).