The Colas c12.72

c12.72

‘Under the guardianship of the gods of enduring glory, horses with a noble gait had come by the sea; bagfuls of black pepper had been brought in carts; gems and gold born of the northern mountain, the sandal and *agil* from the western mountain, the pearl of the southern sea, the coral of the western sea, the products of the Ganges (valley), the yield of the Kāvēri, foodstuffs from Ceylon, and goods from Kāḷagam,⁷⁵ all these materials, precious and bulky alike, were heaped together in the broad streets overflowing with their riches.’