India’s legendary wootz steel: An advanced material of the ancient world

Srinivasan, Sharada and Ranganathan, S (2014) India’s legendary wootz steel: An advanced material of the ancient world. University Press, Hyderabad. ISBN 9788173717215

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Abstract: The book is reissued under the Universities Press–IIM series in Metallurgy and Materials Science. A fascinating history of India’s legendary high-grade steel—wootz steel—which was highly prized and much sought after across the world for over two millennia. Wootz steel was used to make the fabled Damascus blades. Although Indian wootz steel was such an important material in the metallurgical history of mankind, there are no books devoted to Indian contributions. First brought out by Tata Steel in November 2004 as a celebration of the twin centenaries of J N Tata and J R D Tata, the book has been widely acclaimed. It is both scholarly as well as highly readable at the level of popular archaeo-science.
Item Type: Book
Subjects: School of Humanities > Archaeology
Divisions: Schools > Humanities
Date Deposited: 24 Feb 2015 04:55
Last Modified: 10 Apr 2017 06:35
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    URI: http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/651

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