The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.289

v1.c19.s9.289

Food-stuffs for the towns were apparently brought only to the gates, while workshop and bazaar occupied, to a large extent at least, their own special streets within¹⁹. Thus there was a fishmonger's village at a gate of Sāvatthī¹, greengrocery is sold at the four gates of Uttara-Pañchāla², and venison at the cross-roads (*siṅghāṭaka*) outside Benares³.