Copper in Ancient India c12.2

c12.2

At this great distance of time it is almost impossible to locate precisely the places in India in which copper mines originally existed. Nevertheless the existence of copper slag in many parts of India amply testifies to the fact that copper smelting was an important industry in ancient India, though at the present moment it has fallen, as in the case of almost every other scientific industry, into the hands of the most backward communities.