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An Early Evidence of Hardening and Subsequent Tempering from Megalithic Sites, Maharashtra, India
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An Early Evidence of Hardening and Subsequent Tempering from Megalithic Sites, Maharashtra, India

P. P. Deshpande, R. K. Mohanty and V. S. Shinde
Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, Vol.64(4-5), pp.461-464
01/10/2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-011-0081-x

Abstract

Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering Science & Technology Technology
The Metallurgical investigations of ferrous objects excavated from the early Iron Age megalithic site at Naikund and Mahurjhari in Vidarbha, Maharashtra, India were carried out The analysis shows a clear evidence of technological advance in the form of hardening and quenching followed by tempering in addition to the knowledge of steeling as early as 900 BC.

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