Dr. Juleff puts the finishing touches to the exhibit.
Posted on 09/01/2008 10:03:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Centuries ago, Arab writer Al Kindi referred to Sarandibi steel. Now comes the evidence that there had been in ancient Sri Lanka a large scale and highly successful metal producing industry which was based on a smelting and furnace design driven by the wind that only died out after the Chola invasion.
In the quiet of a museum room in Koggala, visitors are transported to a wind-swept hillside in Sabaragamuwa, circa 9th century AD, where flourished this ancient iron smelting industry... discovery of the bigger wind-powered furnaces, that produced iron on an industrial scale, was, in fact, an earlier chapter to the story, dating back to the mid 7th century AD and going on till the 11th Century.
(Excerpt) Read more at sundaytimes.lk ...
Dr. Juleff puts the finishing touches to the exhibit.
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