A History of Agriculture in India v1.c41.36

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While the diffusionists believe that iron technology diffused from the Hittite empire to Iran and other countries, some believe that it could have a multiple origin. D.K. Chakrabarti¹ is of the view that early iron-using centres in India could have developed in many places where iron ore was available. According to him, the iron age sites in India date from 1100 B.C. to 700 B.C. The earliest date is however much later than for Anatolia. It seems that while in North India iron technology diffused from Anatolia via Iran, in South India it may have been discovered independently.