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Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |
| Author: Rina Shrivastava | |
| Language: English | |
| Pages: 243 {47 Illustrations in B/W} | |
| Cover: Hardcover | |
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8.8" X 5.7" |
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Weight 460 gm |
| Edition: 2006 | |
| ISBN: 9788121510097 | |
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IDH592 |
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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.
| 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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