[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922) › v1.c19.s9.128 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s9.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.128) 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. - [Previous: v1.c19.s9.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.127) - [Next: v1.c19.s9.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.129) - [Up: v1.c19.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.128) · Pramāṇa