Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c48.55

v2.c48.55

*śiśīte paraśum svāyasam* Sharpened metallic axe (10.53.9) *prācā gavyantaḥ pṛthuparśavo yayuḥ dāśā ca vṛtrā hatamāryāni ca* . . .
With big axes came to the east the cow-plunderers — the Dāsas as well as some Āryas . . . . (7.83.1).