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Question
What information do we gather from the later Vedic literature in respect of:
Role of Iron in the later Vedic Economy.
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Solution
In the context of the use of Iron extensively during the later Vedic Age, the given headlines are described as under: The regions in which the use of Iron was fairly widespread during the later Vedic Age, they were the modem States of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, parts of Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka. Iron weapons such as arrowheads and spearheads and tools like— knives, axes, and plough shares have been discovered from various painted Grey Ware sites. But in some parts of the country, the Red Ware (pottery) were more common than the Polished Grey Ware.
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