[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Minerals and Metals in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996) › v2.c46.s5.2 # Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c46.s5.2 Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c46.s5.2 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c46.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c46.s5.2) A variety of reasons, discussed in this chapter, inhibited the rate of scientific progress in this sub-continent, and India failed to match the spectacular intellectual renaissance in Europe. Nevertheless, when the British investigators of the nineteenth century surveyed our sub-continent, they obtained abundant evidences of ancient mines, working metallurgical outfits in the sectors of iron, copper, zinc, brass and gold, well-informed practices related to gems and non-gem minerals and, briefly stated, of the entire gamut of the ancient and medieval Indian traditions in minerals and metals. - [Previous: v2.c46.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c46.s5.1) - [Next: v2.c46.s6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c46.s6.1) - [Up: v2.c46.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c46.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c46.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c46.s5.2) · Pramāṇa