Kautilya's Arthashastra 7.12.22
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 7.12.22
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.12.22
sthalapathe 'pi "haimavato dakṣiṇāpathāt śreyān, hastyaśvagandhadantājinarūpyasuvarṇapaṇyāḥ sāravattarāḥ" ity ācāryāḥ" //
My teacher says that of land-routes, that which leads to the Himalayas is better than that which leads to the south.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (4)
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- Minerals and Metals in Ancient India — Biswas & Biswas 1996, English