Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c12.s3.2

c12.s3.2

1. East to west. This most important route ran principally along the great rivers. From Champā boats plied up to Benares, the great industrial and trading centre of those times. From Benares they led up the Ganges as far as Sahajāti and up the Jumna as far as Kauśāmbi. Further west the route led by land-tracts to Sindhu, famous for its breed of horses and Sauvīra (‘Sophir’ or ‘Ophir’ of the Old Testament ?).