Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c12.s3.14

c12.s3.14

¹ It is interesting to recall Pāṇini's *sūtra* vi. 2.13 referring to the practice of merchants being named from the countries which they visited. The late *Kāśikā* commentary gives the following illustrations of the above :— *Madra-vāṇija*, *Kaśmīra-vāṇija* and *Gandhāra-vāṇija*.