Metallurgy, Materials & Chemistry
Dhokra lost-wax casting
traditional (claimed very ancient)Tribal metal-castersCentral and eastern IndiaPan-Indian / unspecified
1600
Non-ferrous lost-wax casting by tribal artisans, still practised.
- Dated
- 1600–2025
- As scholars put it
- traditional (claimed very ancient)
- Originator
- Tribal metal-casters
- Source text
- Central and eastern India
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Metallurgy, Materials & Chemistry
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Claims of unbroken 4,000-year continuity are plausible but unproven.
Path to modern innovation
A living example of ancient casting methods.
Builds on
2,600 BCEReferences
- 1Craft studies
Further reading
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