Question

Answer all the questions given under caption.

Iron smelting Industry.

1. How was iron smelting undertaken?
2. Where do we find the evidence?
3. What does Sangam literature speak about this industry?
4. Why did the people in the Sangam age require iron implements?

Answer 1

1. Iron smelting was undertaken in traditional furnaces.
2. Such furnaces with terracotta pipes and raw ore have been found in many archaeological sites like Kodumanal and Gutter.
3. Sangam literature speaks of blacksmiths and their tools and activities.
4. People required iron implements for agriculture and warfare.