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Pārada, Bhārata, workers in metal alloys, traders in zinc and alloying metals

-- Pārada, ancient peoople engaged in trade of zinc ore, cognate with भरत bharata, 'metal casting', a factitious metal compounded of copper, pewter, tin 
I suggest that the Pārada (spelt also as Parata) people may be Bharata and may have been engaged in the trade of zinc, pewter from Zawar mines since the svastika hieroglyph signifies sattva 'svastika hieroglyph' rebus: sattva, jasta 'zinc, pewter'. Could be cognate with the following expressions: भरती   bharatī a Composed of the metal भरत.भरत bharata n A factitious metal compounded of copper, pewter, tin &c.भरताचें भांडें   bharatācē mbhāṇḍē n A vessel made of the metal भरतbharat (5 copper, 4 zinc and 1tin)(Punjabi) L. bhāraṇ ʻ to spread or bring out from a kiln ʼ; M. bhārṇẽ, bhāḷṇẽ ʻ to make strong by charms (weapons, rice, water), enchant, fascinate (CDIAL 9463)  Ash. barī ʻ blacksmith, artisan (CDIAL 9464). Baran, bharat ‘mixed alloys’ (5 copper, 4 zinc and 1 tin) (Punjabi) bharana id. (Bengali) bharan or toul was created by adding some brass or zinc into pure bronze. bharata = casting metals in moulds (Bengali).

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P. Tandon, 2012, The Location and Kings of Paradan, in:  Studia Iranica, Tome 41, pp. 25-56

BN Mukherjee suggests that the Parada may be engaged in mercury trade (Mukherjee, B.N. 1972,The Paradas: A Study in their Coinage and History, ,A. Mukherjee & Co., Calcutta, 1972.)

भारत  mf()n. descended from भरत or the भरतs (applied to अग्नि either " sprung from the priests called भरतs " or " bearer of the oblation ") RV. &c; belonging or relating to the भरतs with युद्ध n. संग्राम m. समर m. 
समिति f. the war or battle of the भरतs ; with or scil. आख्यान n. with इतिहास
 m. and कथाf. the story of the भरतs , the history or narrative of their war ; with r scil. मण्डल n. or वर्ष n. " king भरतs's realm " i.e. India) MBh. Ka1v. &c (Monier-Williams).


This is an addendum to Svastika, fish, anchor Indus Script hieroglyphs on ancient Thrace coins 450 BCE, Indian Parataraja, Sri Lanka coins signify metalwork wealth-accounting ledgers. https://tinyurl.com/y6xezmqr

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Old Zinc Retorts and broken pieces of retorts, Zawar
Zinc retors assembly. Zawar. Gemmy orange sphalerites from La Mure, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~adg/adg-psimages.html Sphalerite, the purplish ore mineral of zinc.
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Zinc smelting furnace. Zawar
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Ancient Indian Zinc Metallurgy                                                Zinc in India has a rich history            ...
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Ancient Indian Zinc Metallurgy           Ancient Zinc Retort Furnaces     at Zawar Mines, Near Udaipur (Rajasthan)        ...












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Zinc retorts. Zawar mines.
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https://www.hzlindia.com/bussiness/operations/mines/zawar/ Zawar Mines located 40 kms. south of Udaipur, consists of four mines namely Mochia, Balaria, Zawar Mala and Baroi with average zinc-lead reserve grade of 5.1%..
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Geobotanical studies on zinc deposit areas of Zawar mines, Udaipur

This study reveals disjunct distribution patterns of certain plant species on zinc-rich soils in the Zawar mines region near Udaipur. Ten plant species have high constancy and fidelity values on zinc-rich soils in comparison to normal soil. The plant community composed of these species has been named Impatiens balsamina-Triumfetta pentandra association. As Impatients balsamina is the most characteristic species on metal dumps, it can be considered as a local indicator for the metal zinc. 
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Zawar Mines. Ancient structures.



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