The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.128
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.128
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Scarcity owing to drought or to floods is not infrequently referred to, extending even over a whole kingdom⁹. This contradicts the ‘affirmation’ recorded by Megasthenes¹⁰, that ‘famine has never visited India,’ unless his informant meant a very general and protracted famine. The times of scarcity in Buddhist records apparently refer only to brief periods over restricted areas.