The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.59

c18.59

The fifth Board was responsible for the supervision of manufacturers on similar lines. A curious regulation prescribed the separation of new from old goods, and imposed a fine for violation of the rule. The reason for this prescription was that traffic in old goods, whether by sale or mortgage, was prohibited, unless official sanction had been obtained, which could be granted only on certain conditions.¹