Metallurgy, Materials & Chemistry
Mangadu iron sword
c. 1510 BCE (reported)Iron Age Tamil communityMangadu burial (Salem district, Tamil Nadu)Tamil Nadu
1,510 BCE
An iron sword from a burial, cited as evidence of early steel-making skill.
- Dated
- 1,510 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 1510 BCE (reported)
- Originator
- Iron Age Tamil community
- Source text
- Mangadu burial (Salem district, Tamil Nadu)
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Discipline
- Metallurgy, Materials & Chemistry
- Evidence
- Plausible precursor
- Confidence
- Low
- Verification
- Verified-web
Fair to say
A single object; steel-composition claims need full metallurgical publication.
Path to modern innovation
Bears on the antiquity of South Indian steel.
References
- 1TNSDA report (2025)
Further reading
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