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Show .. _Io . .v, I R 0 II S .... .J - L • ... A ...... '" : - :i. _- ,_ "I,;r' ail' "the mu-i t itudioua Among T E E ! 'J hence sources '0.... .. . and wnere to-day, it "t.'" ",4 . ,,:.. oJ. of '. i ... t... .l.' ._ _ .. _ ,.._ _ ..... in ancient ": ,.... ... ,,1., t .. _ ,...... in ancientness claim special pre-eminence can , _ .... . there times, -, -:. '., ..' _, .... obtained .. ;J .. .. . . !'".." three pOints which are .. found and utilized was -. ., 1: J": -. _ . .. ; '" is iron - 'l'" • t.. 'I' J '_, ... in that It appears and Noricum. expl'Oitation,- India, Chalybia " . date. This , >. , most seems since probable we have look upon to come , .. - India the Mother as . .' " , . er . ... '1 ... 't A.,' , ...._ J.... _ riile y iron, is (' I"' ) '. of Ufinds" • : .' Wo ". iron -'0\ ... ",'" .... ,: .... .J in the world. They J":. ... .. ... .:," .. 10 ' i to -,'. \"". ,.' ore '.1 F , greater a which ('" .a.. t .. .. _) .. -: ..:. r.· ..... (' _. t he of ... _. to •. t4e _etreme iron hills, are .;- " -"", ... the <;mnry ,rom South of the found and worked is . -' - ndeginous mehods o smeltng The and have been .1"'"-...:....: same, '"... .:.. "',.,". ..,. handeq. I • ,.. generations, yield metal of countless ,,'-" ..;'" ' ", r..-"'.4\.. $ • natives' the suited to ... 'I, ; .J '. down without the finest qualitY7 -I"$. wants." _ , tha.t when the Aryans first came to _ndiaJ they knew • I ,_' ( b"u not'- iron" no:: tin', nO.r bronze, For this assertion there ,_ , is ,.. ... evidence only linguistic .. 1 that races , with But • it appear-s mostly h1ghy probable 3 the which J "'411 ) preceded r.... _" iron and knew how to work spread westvvard the ,-...' '0 -"r """ .. copper" first rank r 'T. " Kumun and • seems ._ - " ' ',. , It - :C' there extent. ....;.. - well of ore, I ",,, ",' , in''torlnJ .. in every par t 1I.r _ .. iron .. 1 change through in '- "I1,.p1:lry .: found ...... Wherever "" -:.: " ". to. _"'- .L _'): l ! everywhere are ric?--- ... sys: of Assam and lesser or .. .. .:."..,. - Madras Presidency. 'l '7 to be are northern mountains the P .a .,. _ : •• . ....', . • ",. uncommonly deposits of India probably iron the ::. ;/. ..... the or. in Greek antiquity." even .. l, '" • _ by • • whih i ich India, prized was ''';' ........ antiquity of working, w ' J ..... - in rare W..t.(.,Brt:_>th,.Ed.) _ worked whih,still .. not are Indian steel ',,:, "'., <> lo... '.. -' i\o. " " ' t FUrther, ore. _ primitive fashion, India"i .... anoient of ore , most in the natives ........ antiquity, ,.., "t., in the .. ... "':- "In distribution and says: " "ilk t '. ' .. , . Naturv8Ikern), '. . • r ". . "«" .. ; ..." • .. . Metalle bei den .. ! '\ VI' {Die Schrader, quoting Andree, . of Nations. - -tf .... " from India is the Aryans in India, wee acquainted it. Whether questionable. the knowledge of "There is iron distinct |