23 November 2016, 05:30 am
INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
Programme Type
Talks
CANCELLED
 
Zawar: The Oldest Pure Zinc Production Of The World
 
Speaker: Dr. J.S. Kharakwal, Sahitya Sansthan, JRN Rajasthan Vidaypeeth, Udaipur
 
Being volatile metal it was difficult to smelt zinc in the Old World. It is therefore the history of zinc is much shorter compared to other metals. Zawar near Udaipur in Rajasthan is the oldest pure zinc making centre, which was discovered and studied by a joint team of Hindustan Zinc, M.S. University Baroda and British Museum, London in the 1980s.
 
At Zawar there are remains of refractory material, a very large number of ancient temples, fort, water reservoir and residential structures. In this presentation the archaeometallurgical and archaeological remains at Zawar will be highlighted, besides giving details of textual records