Copper in Ancient India c10.s4.2

c10.s4.2

¹ स मित्रलीहत्रितयं सौराष्ट्रोरितिवर्त्तकाः । Rasaprakāsh-sudhākar. *Saurāstra* here evidently means bronze as the best bronze was obtained from Surāstra (Surat). cf. “कांस्यं तम् सौराष्ट्रं शुभम्” (Rasaratna-samuchchaya). Its other and more common meaning viz. alum is evidently out of place here.