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[38] Ancient Romans used armour and cutlery made of Indian iron. Pliny the Elder also mentioned Indian iron. [38] Muhammad al-Idrisi wrote the Hindus excelled in the manufacture of iron, and that it would be impossible to find anything to surpass the edge from Hindwani steel. [39] Quintus Curtius wrote about an Indian present of steel to ...
Iron is the outlier at 1538 °C (2800 °F), [21] making it far more difficult to melt in antiquity. Cultures developed ironworking proficiency at different rates; however, evidence from the Near East suggests that smelting was possible but impractical circa 1500 BC, and relatively commonplace across most of Eurasia by 500 BC. [ 22 ]
Recently discovered iron age sites in the south of India in Mayiladumparai may be the oldest iron-age sites in India, dated at c. 2172 BCE. [7] Previously known early iron age sites in South India are Hallur, Karnataka and Adichanallur, Tamil Nadu [8] at around 1000 BCE. [9] Mahurjhari near Nagpur was a large bead manufacturing site. [10]
Ashtadhatu (Sanskrit: अष्टधातु, romanized: Aṣṭadhātu, lit. 'eight metals'), also called octo-alloy, is an alloy comprising the eight metals of gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, tin, iron, and mercury, [1] [2] often used for casting metallic idols for Jain and Hindu temples in India.
12th century Indian scholar Kalhana's writings involved recording of local traditions, examining manuscripts, inscriptions, coins and architectures, which is described as one of the earliest traces of archaeology. One of his notable work is called Rajatarangini which was completed in c.1150 and is described as one of the first history books of ...
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The Iron and Steel industry in India is among the most important industries within the country. India surpassed Japan as the second largest steel producer in January 2019. [ 1 ] As per worldsteel , India's crude steel production in 2018 was at 106.5 million tonnes (MT), 4.9% increase from 101.5 MT in 2017, which means that India overtook Japan ...
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