Archaeology & Prehistory
Daimabad bronzes
late 2nd millennium BCEChalcolithic metalworkersDaimabad (Maharashtra)Rajasthan
1,334 BCE
Solid-cast bronze figures (a cart/chariot, buffalo, rhino, elephant) - a masterwork of lost-wax casting.
- Dated
- 1,334–1,001 BCE
- As scholars put it
- late 2nd millennium BCE
- Originator
- Chalcolithic metalworkers
- Source text
- Daimabad (Maharashtra)
- Region
- Rajasthan
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Comparable to other early bronze casting traditions.
Fair to say
Precise dating is debated.
Path to modern innovation
Shows sophisticated bronze casting outside the Indus core.
Builds on
2,600 BCETransmission
A late/post-Harappan hoard in the Deccan.
References
- 1Archaeology of Daimabad
Further reading
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