Copper in Ancient India c8.s8.3

c8.s8.3

Geological evidences also point out to the native production of copper in ancient India. These will be dealt with later on, but it will be sufficient to note here that evidences of copper smelting and copper slag as well as sites of mines have been discovered in many places throughout India showing that a prosperous copper industry existed in India from pre-Christian times down to the Moghul period.