Iron Technology and Its Legacy in India

is written by Vibha Tripathi. The publisher of this title is Rupa & Co..

The Book presents a History of iron technology; the attention and appreciation it got from traders of the ancient times from various JH parts of the world who flocked to the manufacturing centres to buy it. The colossal structures, the massive cannons and guns adorning important buildings and museums are a witness to the glorious past of Indian iron and steel.

The author has synthesised literary, archaeological, metallurgical and ethnographic data in a holistic matter to give us a glimpse of the evolution and decay of the iron technology in India.

Vibha tripathi is the head of the Department of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology at the Banaras Hindu University. Her other books include The Painted Gray Ware: An Iron Age culture, Archaeo-metallurgy in India and The Age of Iron in South among others.