History of metals in eastern India and Bangladesh / (Record no. 405)
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| fixed length control field | 05552nam a22001457a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-81-8274-512-4 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 954 |
| Item number | CHA/H |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Chattopadhyay Pranab K |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | History of metals in eastern India and Bangladesh / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Pranab K.Chattopadhyay and Gautam Sengupta |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Delhi: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Pentagon Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 193p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | CONTENTS<br/>Foreword to the Series xiii<br/>Note on Infinity Foundation xix<br/>Editor's Note xxt<br/>Preface xxix<br/>Achioivled^ements xxxi<br/>List of Tables xxxiii<br/>List of Figures .vxvt<br/>List ofAbbreviations Used in the Text xli<br/>1. INTRODUCTION 1<br/>ORIGIN OFMETTALURGY 2<br/>Copper 2<br/>Iron<br/>Other Metals<br/>THE SCHEME OF THE BOOK<br/>2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL<br/>CULTURES IN EASTERN INDIA AND BANGLADESH<br/>THE MEGALITHIC CULTURE<br/>BLACK-AND-RED-WARE CULTURE ^<br/>NORTHERN BLACK POLISHED WARE CULTURF IN Tru ^<br/>PART OF EASTERN INDIA ASTERN<br/>NORTHEAST INDIA ^<br/>EARLY HISTORIC CULTURE IN EASTERN INDi^<br/>8<br/>9<br/>10<br/>viii ❖ HISTORY OF METALS IN EASTERN INDIA AND BANGLADESH<br/>SOURCE OF METAL OBJECTS 11<br/>The Trade ofMetal Objects 15<br/>3. COPPER 18<br/>SOURCES OF COPPER 19<br/>THE PROCESS OF COPPER EXTRACTION 22<br/>COPPER MANUFACTURING IN SIKKIM 22<br/>ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF COPPER 24<br/>The period from 2000 to 1300BCE 24<br/>The period from 1300 to 600 BCE 26<br/>MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUEOF CHALCOLITHIC COPPER<br/>OBJECTS 29<br/>The period from 600 BCE to CE 300 33<br/>Coins 36<br/>Copper SmeltingActivities in the Early Historic Period 36<br/>Ornaments ofthe EarlyHistoric Period 39<br/>Domestic Objects ofthe Early Historic Pa-iod 40<br/>The Period between CE 300 and 200 41<br/>Copperplates 42<br/>ORIGIN OF THE COPPER HOARDS 45<br/>Major Copper Hoard Sites 46<br/>The Use and Function ofthe Copper Hoard Artefacts 49<br/>The Archaeometallurgy ofCopper Hoard Objects 50<br/>4. IRON 55<br/>SOURCES OFIRON 56<br/>IRON EXTRACTION 58<br/>PRE-INDUSTRIAL IRON MAKING 58<br/>Arunachal Pradesh 58<br/>Assam gp<br/>Bangladesh<br/>Meghalaya<br/>Manipur<br/>Mizoram ^j<br/>Nagaland<br/>CONTENTS -«• ix<br/>Traditional Iron Making in the Western Part ofEastern India 63<br/>Iron smeltingby theAgarias 64<br/>Iron Making by theKols 66<br/>Iron Making: Carburisation 70<br/>Iron in the Archaeological Context: 1300 bee to 600 bee 72<br/>Iron in the Archaeological Context: 600 bee to ce 300 74<br/>Excavated Smithy 78<br/>Iron in the Archaeological Context: CE 300 to 1200 81<br/>Use ofIron in Structural Compoftents 81<br/>WAS THERE CAST IRON IN EASTERN INDIA? 83<br/>HIGH CARBON STEELS OF EASTERN INDIA 85<br/>ARCHAEOMETALLURGY OF IRON OBJECTS OF EASTERN INDL\ 85<br/>ADVANCEMENT IN THE USE OF MICRO-ALLOY IN STEEL-MAKING 89<br/>CANNONS OF EASTERN INDIA 89<br/>Classification of Cannons 90<br/>Cannons ofAssam 91<br/>Cannons ofBangladesh 93<br/>Cannons ofMeghalaya 94<br/>Cannons ofOrissa 95<br/>Cannons ofTripura 95<br/>Cannons of West Bengal 95<br/>Archaeometallurgy ofIron Cannons 97<br/>ARMS OF EASTERN INDIA 98<br/>THE WOOTZ 99<br/>5. GOLD 100<br/>SOURCES OF GOLD 100<br/>SEPARATION OF GOLD BY THE TRADITIONAL METHOD 101<br/>PURIFICATION OF GOLD ^03<br/>EVIDENCE IN THE HISTORICAL RECORDS<br/>GOLD OBJECTS FOUND ESf EXCAVATIONS<br/>GOLDPLATING 106<br/>GOLD COINS 106<br/>Pre-Gupta Gold Coins from Bangladesh jq7<br/>Gold Coins ofthe Gupta Period 107<br/>X ❖ HISTORY OF METALS IN EASTERN INDIAANDBANGLADESH<br/>Technology' of the Gupta Gold Coins 108<br/>Post-Gupta Gold Coins j08<br/>Gold coinsofSamatata 1Qg<br/>GoldcoinsofAssam \ gg<br/>GoldCoinsof theBengal StUtans \09<br/>6. SILVER<br/>THE SOURCEOF SILVER 110<br/>Evidence in the Historical Records \ ] i<br/>Separation of Silver from Lead bythe Traditional Method 112<br/>Identification of the Source of Silver \\2<br/>Silver Objects found from Excavations 112<br/>Sources of Silver for Coins and other Objects 114<br/>External sourccs of Silver 114<br/>Trade Routes for Silver 115<br/>SILVER COINS 115<br/>Punch-marked coins 115<br/>Manufactut"in£ ofpunch-marked coins 11 g<br/>Analysis ofthe punch-marked coins ofOrissa \ \g<br/>Analyses ofthe punch-marked coins ofBengal \ j9<br/>Analysis ofsilver coins ofthe Gupta pei-iod 119<br/>Platingon Punch-mar-ked coins 120<br/>Harikela Coins 220<br/>SILVER COINS OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD 121<br/>Silver coins ofAssam 121<br/>Coins ofTripura 122<br/>Coin-making during the Medieval period 122<br/>Use ofSilver in making Images 122<br/>Use ofSilver in the pre-modern period 122<br/>Pre-modern use of silver in Arunachal Pradesh 123<br/>Filigree silvercraft 124<br/>7. MINOR METALS ^25<br/>SOURCES OF LEAD j25<br/>LEAD OBJECTS FOUND IN EXC:AVATI0NS 126<br/>CONTENTS ❖ xi<br/>APPLICATION OFLEAD 127<br/>Leadcoins j27<br/>SOURCE OF TIN 127<br/>Tin mines of Eastern India 128<br/>Exti'action ofTin 129<br/>SOURCE OF ZINC 129<br/>Use of Zinc alloy 129<br/>Bidn-ware 130<br/>8. ALLOYS OF COPPER 131<br/>LITERARY EVIDENCE OF COPPER ALLOYING 131<br/>Bronze and its varieties 132<br/>The use ofsome interesting bronze objects 134<br/>Examplesfi-om the Eastern pan ofthe Subcontinent 134<br/>Jhnrkhnnd 134<br/>Assam 134<br/>Bangladesh 134<br/>Manipur 135<br/>WestBen/ial 136<br/>Onssn 136<br/>Metallurgy ofhi^h tin-bronze \ 35<br/>Studies on Thermo-mechanical Treatments \ 37<br/>Gunmetal 139<br/>Brass 140<br/>Brass chariot 142<br/>Manufacturing the Copper Alloys I43<br/>Image-making 143<br/>The Centres ofMetal Casting I43<br/>The Important Metal Castings I44<br/>Religious objects 244<br/>Some Important Images I^<br/>Alloying Composition ot Images l^g<br/>Manufacturing Techniques ofBronze Images j<br/>Manufacturing Techniques of Pal-Sen Images<br/>Iconographic or St\'listic Study 2gj<br/>The Dhokra Process I55<br/>Xii ❖ history OF METALS IN EASTERN INDIAANDBANGLADESH<br/>Decorative Metalwareof pre-Modern Period 156<br/>Cannons made ofCopper Alloys 157<br/>Bronze Coins 161<br/>Composite Objects 161<br/>9. CONCLUSION 163<br/>Relevant studies that need to be taken up in future 166<br/> |
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| Reference Collection | Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | Reference | 12/04/2016 | 954 CHA/H | P21725 | 23/09/2022 | Reference Books |