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Copper was also used in ancient India in the shape of caskets for the preservation of relics inside the foundations of stupas and monasteries. One of the earliest copper caskets is the newly discovered casket of king Kanishka near Peshwar. The metal however, is not pure copper but an alloy of the same metal. Several such ancient copper caskets have been discovered.