Iron in Ancient India c4.30

c4.30

Vajurveda ‘‘हिरण्यं सुवर्णं रजतं वा द्वयोनाकृष्योत्याभिधानात्। अथो लोहं। श्यामं लोहं कांस्यं रजतं कनकं वा। लोहं कालायसे’’ Mādhabāchārya in his commentary on the Taittiriya Samhita says, ‘‘श्यामं कृष्णायसम्। लोहं कांस्यताचादि’’ Macdonell and Keith have rendered ‘ayas’ as ‘bronze’ (Vedic Index pp. 31-32).