[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.s9.265 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.265 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.265 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s9.265](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.265) The nature of the exports and imports is seldom specified. The gold which was exported to Persia as early at least as the time of Darius Hystaspes, finds no explicit mention in the Jātakas. Gems of various kinds are named as the quest of special sea-farers anxious to discover a fortune¹⁰. ‘Silks, muslins, the finer sorts of cloth, cutlery and armour, brocades, embroideries and rugs, perfumes and drugs, ivory and ivory-work, jewelry and gold (seldom silver):—these were the main articles in which the merchant dealt’¹¹. - [Previous: v1.c19.s9.264](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.264) - [Next: v1.c19.s9.266](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.266) - [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.s9.265](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.265) · Pramāṇa