Iron in Ancient India c3.6

c3.6

In conclusion, I should take this opportunity of thanking Dr. Spooner, Superintendent of the Archæological Department, Indian Museum, Calcutta, for his permission to take photographs of the Budh-Gaya iron clamps, and Dr. J. H. Marshal, Director of the Archæological Department, Government of India, for his permission to reproduce the plates from the Reports of the Archæological Survey of India. I am also indebted to the publishers of the *Empress* for their loan of the blocks of the Bijapur Guns for use in this paper. Mahamahopadhyay Dr. Satish Chandra Vidyabhushan, Principal of the Sanskrit College, Calcutta, placed every facility at my disposal, enabling me to study Vedic literature on the subject in the library of the College. I should also state that I was not aware of Sir Robert Hadfield's excellent papers on " Singhalese Iron and Steel of ancient Origin "