Ancient Metals Of Pakistan: A Review Of The Analysis Of Metal Collection From Mohenjo-Daro And Taxila

Abstract

The Pakistan is a culturally rich place, who encloses the history starting from the prehistoric times. A clear development of human can be seen clearly through the chronology of south Asia. The Bronze/Copper age cities were different than iron age ones. This paper aims at reanalyzing the basics of the iron age, an introduction to the metal objects the people of south Asia used, their patters of settlements how they varied and their influences (which could or could not be but the colonial scholarship emphasized upon that regardless of evidences). This is the review study which also attempts at clearing the facts which have been contaminated by the biases. The iron objects which were recovered are of local material and so the craftsmanship. The paper sheds light of the archaeological analysis of the Indus valley civilization and makes an image then the continuity of the culture after a gap, as if it is rebooted. The Marshall’s work had some flaws which were covered by the native narrative and a synthesis obtained that iron was not a foreign concept here and people excelled in their craftsmanship.