[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953) › c8.s8.31 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.31) 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). - [Previous: c8.s8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.30) - [Next: c8.s8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.32) - [Up: c8.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.31) · Pramāṇa