i PIONEERING METALLURGY THE ORIGINS OF IRON AND STEEL MAKING IN THE SOUTHERN INDIAN SUBCONTINENT TELANGANA FIELD SURVEY INTERIM REPORT 2011 G Juleff, S Srinivasan and S Ranganathan ii © National Institute of Advanced Studies and University of Exeter, 2011 Published by National Institute of Advanced Studies Indian Institute of Science Campus Bengaluru – 560012 Tel: 080-22185000 Fax: 080-22185028 Email:
[email protected] ISBN 978-81-87663-53-9 Designed and produced by Seán Goddard, University of Exeter Printed by Navabharat Enterprises Seshadripuram Bengaluru NATIO N AL IN STITUTE OF ADVA N CED STUDIES iii CONTENTS Messages ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... iv Acknowledgements and list of contributors ........................................................................................................................................................................................v Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... vi The significance of wootz steel to the history of materials science Sharada Srinivasan and S Ranganathan ...............1 Telangana