مسالك الابصار في ممالك الامصار 2.5

2.5

Great kingship, great justice, abundant prosperity, good government, lasting plenty, and security without fear are in the lands of India and China. The people of India are the most learned of men in the kinds of wisdom, medicine, geometry and wondrous crafts that cannot be attained [by others]. In their mountains and islands grow the aloeswood tree and camphor and all kinds of aromatics, such as clove, nutmeg [3], spikenard [4], Chinese cinnamon [5], cinnamon and cassia bark [6],