India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s8.31
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s8.31
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Indian perfume produced in the regions of the upper Indus and in Indo-Scythia and forwarded through Ujjain to Bharukachcha and thence to Egypt. 'Pliny describes the nard with its *spica*, mentioning also that both the leaves and the *spica* are of high value, and that the odour is the prime in all unguents, the price being 100 denarii for a pound.' (McCrindle, *Periplus*, p. 25).