Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient India

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Book Specification

Item Code:	IDH592
Author:	Rina Shrivastava
Publisher:	MUNSHIRAM MANOHARLAL PUBLISHERS PVT LTD
Language:	English
Edition:	2006
ISBN:	9788121510097
Pages:	243 {47 Illustrations in B/W}
Cover:	Hardcover
Other Details	8.8" X 5.7"
Weight	460 gm

Book Description

From the Jacket

This is one of the few well documented, well-researched and well-presented book on the history of mining and metallurgy in ancient Indian based on archaeological, literary and ethnological evidences and on first hand knowledge of various mining sites. Apart from the introduction and conclusion, this work of about 300 pages consists chapters on mineral ores in ancient India, gold, silver, copper and bronze, iron and zinc. This book also contains 4 maps and 47 illustrations.

About the Author

Dr. Rina Shrivastava studied at Ranchi and Banaras University. She did a first class M.A. in history in 1989 and a PhD in 1995 from Banaras Hindu University. She has presented papers at national and international conferences as the World Archaeology Congress and contributed several papers in such standard periodicals as Indian Journal in History of Science and The Indian Mining and Engineering Journal. She is presently teaching at St. John's, Varanasi as well as continuing her post-doctoral investigations related to copper and zinc.

CONTENTS

	List of illustrations	Vii
	Foreword	Ix
	Preface	xiii
Chapter One		1
Chapter Two	ORES IN ANCIENT INDIA	7
	Introduction	7
	Copper Ores	8
	Tin Ores	16
	Gold Ores	18
	Silver Ores	20
	Lead Ores	25
	Iron Ores	27
	Zinc Ores	33
Chapter Three	COPPER AND BRONZE	38
	Introduction	38
	Literary Evidence of Cooper and Bronze	38
	Archaeological Evidence of Copper and Bronze	41
	Mining of Copper	55
	Ethnological Evidence of Copper	63
	Metallurgy of Copper and Bronze	71
	Concluding Remarks	83
Chapter Four	GOLD, SILVER AND LEAD	86
	Introduction	86
	Literary Evidence of Gold and Silver	86
	Archaeological Evidence of Gold, Silver and Lead	95
	Mining of Gold, Silver and Lead	106
	Ethnological Evidence of Gold, Silver and Lead	114
	Metallurgy of Gold, Silver and Lead	121
	Crucibles	126
	Concluding Remarks	128
Chapter Five	IRON	130
	Introduction	130
	Literary Evidence of Iron	130
	Archaeological Evidence of Iron	136
	Evidence of Iron-Mining of Ancient India	154
	Ethnological Evidence of Iron	158
	Metallurgy of Iron	166
	Concluding Remarks	176
Chapter Six	ZINC AND BRASS	179
	Introduction	179
	Literary Evidence of Zinc and Brass	180
	Archaeological Evidence of Zinc and Brass	184
	Mining of Zinc Ore	186
	Metallurgy of Zinc and Brass	196
	Concluding Remarks	206
Chapter Seven	Conclusion	208
	Bibliography	218
	Index	239

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