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Use of iron, although sparse at first, is relatively early, postdating the beginning of the Iron Age in Anatolia ( Hittites ) by only two or three centuries, and predating the European ( Celts ) Iron Age by another two to three hundred years.

Recent findings in Northern India show Iron working since 1800 BC According to Shaffer, the " nature and context of the iron objects involved the BRW culture are very different from early iron objects found in Southwest Asia.