Publications
“Megalithic and surviving binary high-tin bronze traditions in southern India: Tracing binary bronze usage to Harappan times”. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 66(5-6): 731-737.
. 2013. “Dating the Nataraja dance icon: Technical insights”. Marg-A Magazine of the Arts 52: 54–69. http://eprints.nias.res.in/331/.
. 2001. “High-tin bronze bowl making in Kerala, South India, and its archaeological implications”. In South Asian Archaeology 1993: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeologists held in Helsinki University 5-9 July 1993, South Asian Archaeology 1993: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeologists held in Helsinki University 5-9 July 1993, . Helsinki: SuomalainenTiedeakatemia, 675–705. http://eprints.nias.res.in/607/.
. 1994. “Megalithic and continuing peninsular high-tin binary bronzes: Possible roots in Harappan binary bronze usage?”. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 66: 731–737. http://eprints.nias.res.in/604/.
. 2013. India's legendary wootz steel: An advanced material of the ancient world. Hyderabad: University Press. http://eprints.nias.res.in/651/.
. 2014. “Nataraja and cosmic space: Nature and culture intertwinings in the early Tamil tradition”. In Nature and Culture, Nature and Culture, . New Delhi: PHISPC and CSC, 271–288. http://eprints.nias.res.in/259/.
. 2011. “Iconographic trends in Rama worship: Insights from techno-cultural studies of bronzes”. In Conference on ‘The Ramayana in Literature, Society and the Arts. February 1-2, 2013. pp. 345-62 , Conference on ‘The Ramayana in Literature, Society and the Arts. February 1-2, 2013. pp. 345-62 , Chennai: CP Ramaswamy Aiyar Institute of Indological Research.
. 2014. “The Nataraja bronze: Insights on art, technology and philosophy”. In Indian Art and Religion: An Interactive Approach, 21st Session of Indian Art History Congress, Indian Art and Religion: An Interactive Approach, 21st Session of Indian Art History Congress, , 113. http://eprints.nias.res.in/551/.
. 2012. “Ultrahigh-carbon "wootz' from Crucible Carburization of Molten Iron: Hypereutectoid Steel from "Tamil Nadu Process" at Mel-siruvalur”. Materials and Manufacturing Processes.
. 2017. . 1999.
“Casting Nataraja: Techniques of South Indian Bronze Casting”. Bengaluru : NIAS.
. 2019. “Art and Science of Chola Bronzes”. Orientations 37(8): 46-55.
. 2006. . 2016.
“Preliminary insights into the provenance of South Indian copper alloys and images using a holistic approach of comparisons of their lead isotopes and chemical composition with slags and ores”. In Metals in antiquity, Metals in antiquity, . Oxford: Archaeopress, 200–210. http://eprints.nias.res.in/605/.
. 1999. . 2007.
India's legendary wootz steel: an advanced material of the ancient world. Bangalore: NIAS and IISc. http://eprints.nias.res.in/46/.
. 2004. . 2006.
. 2007.
“On Higher Carbon and Crucible Steels in Southern India: Further Insights from Mel-siruvalur, Kodumanal and Pattinam”. Indian Journal of History of Science 42: 673–695. http://eprints.nias.res.in/328/.
. 2007. “Metallurgy of zine, high-tin bronze and gold in Indian antiquity: Methodological aspects”. Indian Journal of History of Science 51(1): 22-32. http://eprints.nias.res.in/1082/.
. 2016. “Aesthetics and the foundations of science: Insights from Indian metallurgical traditions”. In Foundations of Scinces, Foundations of Scinces, . Delhi: Pearson, 209–254. http://eprints.nias.res.in/601/.
. 2014. “The use of tin and bronze in prehistoric South Indian metallurgy”. JOM: The Journal of Minerals, Metals 50: 44–49. http://eprints.nias.res.in/332/.
. 1998. “Harappan continuity of high tin copper in South Asia”. In Science and metal technology of Harappans, Science and metal technology of Harappans, . New Delhi: Kaveri Books, 179–193. http://eprints.nias.res.in/603/.
. 2012. “Early Gold Mining and Jewellery: Some Insights from the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka”. SAARC Culture 6: 88-103.
. 2018. “Wrought and quenched, and cast high-tin bronzes to Kerala State, India”. The Journal of the Historical Metallurgy Society 29: 69–87. http://eprints.nias.res.in/608/.
. 1995.