A Concise History of Science in India c9.s2.45

c9.s2.45

Yet there is practically no recorded information of value to the understanding as well as evaluation of the metallurgical practices of India in the ancient period. Obscurity hangs over the actual methods which were adopted by the ancient ironsmiths for winning the metal from its ores. The difficulty is minimized, if not completely overcome, by the reconstruction of the remote past on the basis of some primitive methods which are adopted by tribal ironsmiths even now in certain parts of the country. There is no doubt that some of the metallic objects which have been still in existence withstanding the ravages of clime bear eloquent testimony to the ancient metallurgical practices. These will be dealt with later.