The Pandyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c7.31

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It is more interesting to notice the reference in the *Śilappadikāram* (canto 17, l. 7) to the supply of *ghi* to the king’s household in Madura in terms which remind us of Megasthenes’ statement that one village should each day bring to the treasury the royal tribute, which was apparently a tribute in kind, consisting of provisions for the daily consumption of the royal household.