Intercourse between India and the Western World from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome c8.73
Intercourse between India and the Western World from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome c8.73
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c8.73
² Megasthenes may be thinking of the great fairs held at places like Prayāga once a year. Hiuen Tsiang describes one which he attended with king Śīlāditya. The monarch distributed gifts to many thousands of Brahmins, monks, and mendicants.