Copper in Ancient India c7.s1.23

c7.s1.23

The discovery of these numerous copper implements in different parts of Behar and Orissa, besides affording more conclusive evidence in favour of a copper age in ancient India supplies a missing link in the names of countries in Northern India where copper implements have been found. Behar and Orissa were originally represented in the list of places mentioned by Mr. Vincent A. Smith where copper implements were discovered by "3 unfinished flat celts and two pieces of unwrought copper" found in the Pachamba Subdivision of the Hazaribagh District but now more than fifty well-finished copper implements have been discovered in various parts of the two provinces. The evidence adduced by Mr. Smith in favour of a copper age in Northern India has been materially strengthened by the finds in the United Provinces described by Mr. Shāstri and in the new discoveries in Behar and Orissa. Almost all countries throughout Northern India down to certain parts of the Central Provinces in the south are now well-represented in the list of places where a copper age undoubtedly intervened between the stone and the iron age.