History of metallurgy in South Asia | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-17

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History of metallurgy in South Asia


00:00:53 1 Overview
00:03:45 2 Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and other texts
00:04:02 2.1 Rigveda
00:05:12 2.2 Arthashastra
00:05:40 2.3 Other texts
00:08:09 3 Archaeology
00:10:13 3.1 Indus Valley Civilization
00:11:34 4 Metals
00:11:42 4.1 Brass
00:12:04 4.2 Copper
00:13:22 4.3 Gold and silver
00:13:56 4.4 Iron
00:14:52 4.4.1 Wootz and steel
00:17:07 4.5 Zinc
00:18:53 5 Early History (—200 BCE)
00:22:41 6 Early Common Era—Early Modern Era
00:25:08 7 Colonial British Era—Republic of India



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The history of metallurgy in the Indian subcontinent began prior to the 3rd millennium BCE and continued well into the British Raj. Metals and related concepts were mentioned in various early Vedic age texts. The Rigveda already uses the Sanskrit term Ayas (metal). The Indian cultural and commercial contacts with the Near East and the Greco-Roman world enabled an exchange of metallurgic sciences. With the advent of the Mughals, India's Mughal Empire (established: April 21, 1526—ended: September 21, 1857)  further improved the established tradition of metallurgy and metal working in India.The imperial policies of the British Raj led to stagnation of metallurgy in India as the British regulated mining and metallurgy—used in India previously by its rulers to build armies and resist England during various wars.