Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c46.1

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We have critically surveyed in the previous chapters the references to gems, non-gem minerals and metals in the Sanskrit literatures, from the *Rgveda* to the *Rasaratnasamuccaya*, which cover the entire span of three millennia of the ancient India. Since mere recapitulation would be unnecessarily repetitive, we would restrict ourselves in this last chapter, to our observations on the following points: