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How do we know the metallurgy was more advanced during the gupta period

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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.[1] 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.[2] 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.

History of metallurgy in the Indian subcontinent

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Coin of Samudragupta (c. 350—375) with Garuda pillar. British Museum.

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The iron pillar of Delhi (375—413).

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Bronze Chola Statue of Nataraja at the Metropolitan Museum of

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.

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