History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c15.s2.31

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Dealing with the specimens of iron in ancient India reference may first be made to the large number of iron implements and weapons in the form of swords, daggers, tridents, spears, javelins, arrows, spades, hangers, lamps, beam-rods and tripods, unearthed during the excavations of numerous burial sites in the gravelly mounds of the Tinnevelly district of the Madras Presidency, particularly at Adittanathur. These, as previously stated, are probably the product of the 4th century B.C. (Fig. 26).