[Ancientartifacts] Re: Indus valley civilization Iron Laddle ,1800- 2300 B.C

Nirav,

 you posted:

"Thirdly , I read in a message that There was No
casting method in the period of Indus valley civilization
belonging to mature harappan period 1800- 2300 B.C.I would like
to request you to pl refer

Metallurgy and Jewellery section in http://tinyurl.com/f9jyx
<http://tinyurl.com/f9jyx>

I request you to kindly go through this reference
and pl reply me if casting was prevalent in India during that
time."

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You have not repeated accurately what the earlier members did actually say. It was said that iron was not used in this period (& certainly not in southeast Asia) and that cast iron appears in China many centuries into the iron age (the 6th century BC). Both these are true observations.

The article you posted (Wiki no less) said the "casting" in the ancient Indus Valley was using tin & copper....which is bronze.

The brief reference does not suggest casting was "prevalent" since an example of a stone chisel was given so there is no reason to make this conclusion. It is not unusual for stone and bronze to exist side by side in transitional periods.

I suggest you re-read the objections members have made to this iron object and its supposed dating and since you bought the piece, by your own admision, from an 11 year old & secondarily that you do your own research rather than rely on the provenance within the collection of a deceased collector or Wiki.

In the field of ancient history the use of independent thought and confirming conclusions is crucial. I like Wiki, but it is just something to test waters with and not a final authority. It is clear that the piece being iron cannot be contemperaneous to the people in the Wiki article you suggested members comment on.

The objections that have been made here in earlier posts should be taken seriously. The distinction between the iron age & the bronze age is really really clear.

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