140k views
23 votes
FIELD: Metallurgy
What achievements were made in this field? ​

User Muath
by
4.0k points

1 Answer

9 votes

Answer:

The development of metallurgy started in India from the Iron age. in fact from Iron age to Bronze age to the present owes a great contribution to developments in metallurgy, Indians had an expertise in extraction of metal from its ore and its casting in the area of metallurgy.The Indian soldiers in persian army used weapons tipped with iron.

One of the famous chemist of ancient times was Nagarjuna who was expert in transforming base metal into Gold and extraction of Elixir of life from mercury. He wrote a treatise Rasaratnakara which deals with preperation of liquids (mainly mercury) and also emphasized on the survey of metallurgy and alchemy.

User Gary Becks
by
4.3k points