Question

give tow reasons for decline of smelting industry​

Answer 1

Answer:

when the colonial govn. prevented people from entering the reserved forests,the iron smelters could not find wood for charcoal and could not get iron ore. 2. Defying forest laws they often entered the forests and collected wood secretly but they could not sustain their ocupation on this basis for long

Answer 2

Answer:

There are some other reasons: (a) The new forest laws led to the decline of craft of iron smelting. (b) When the colonial government prevented people from entering the reserved forests, the iron smelters could not find wood for charcoal.

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