Iron in India: History and Historiography by Dipsikha Acharya offers us the possibility of going beyond the north producing utilitarian items vs south producing ritual objects divide and delving into various issues of pre-industrial iron production in the subcontinent.
Reconstructing the History of Indian Iron
Srabani Chakraborty
IRON IN INDIA: HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY by By Dipsikha Acharya Primus Books, 2022, 410 pp., 1495.00
March 2024, volume 48, No 3