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Old 17th March 2005, 09:57 PM   #15
Ann Feuerbach
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Originally Posted by B.I
ann, i dont doubt your studies and yet you state the persians were -
'More "advanced" than the Indians'
is this from your own studies are are you as guilty as the rest of us in assuming the general opinion. .
I base this on the comparison of the crucibles and furnaces used to create the crucible steel. In central Asia high quality refractory clay and very well thought out/ complex furnace design, vs India that used ordinary clay and furnaces not much different that a hearth.
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