Gupta! Gupta! "Everyone knows" that Thokcha is the real source. Goes back to at least 1000 b.c. Phurba are still made from it.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willy...@...> wrote: > Vaj: > > > No, 1 inch Vedic steel is still the > > > standard, sorry... > > > > You are again attempting to mislead, Vaj. > > Everyone knows that the Rigvedic Vedic > civilization in India did not produce 'steel'. > > The Vedic culture was agrarian in nature and > the Iron Age in India ended with the onset of > Buddhism and Jainism. > > The earliest evidence for high quality steel > production in India dates from 300 B.C. during > the Maurya dynasty, long after the Vedic Age. > > It might be helpful if you were to read a > history book, Vaj.
