This paper repositions iron smelting and the smelter at the centre of a revised narrative of pre- and early-colonial forest history and policy. In a medieval war economy the smelter shared a relationship of mutual interdependence with the feudal state as a provider of critical raw material for weapon manufacture. This, however, changed with the advent of the colonial state, interdependence giving way to competition over resources.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/unearthing-roots-colonial-forest-laws-iron-smelting-and-state-pre-and-early-colonial
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sashi-sivramkrishna
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/amalendu-jyotishi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-policy
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/iron
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/history
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals