[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Mongolicae legationis commentarius](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.monserrate) › [The Commentary of Father Monserrate (Hoyland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.monserrate~en-hoyland) › 3.1.8 # The Commentary of Father Monserrate 3.1.8 The Commentary of Father Monserrate (Hoyland) 3.1.8 - **Language:** English ### [3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.monserrate~en-hoyland.3.1.8) Indigo and opium are largely grown in the south, and bring no small profit to the royal revenues. Indigo is a plant from which a juice is extracted yielding a blue dye when it hardens. The vernacular name means (as in Persian also) 'blue,' but the Portuguese have added a letter, calling the plant 'anilum' instead of 'nilum.' - [Previous: 3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.monserrate~en-hoyland.3.1.7) - [Next: 3.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.monserrate~en-hoyland.3.2.1) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.monserrate~en-hoyland.3.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.monserrate~en-hoyland.3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.monserrate~en-hoyland.3.1.8) · Pramāṇa