The Mauryan Polity c13.s5.1

c13.s5.1

Dr. Stein next examines the mention of the two crops in the course of the year by Megasthenes who speaks also of the fertility of the soil and a double rainfall, one in the winter season and the other in summer.³ Wheat, rice, *bospore*, sesamum and millet are mentioned. Megasthenes who had heard of the agricultural industry from report—because there is no statement that he went into the country-parts outside the Capital—could not furnish more details than these. Kauṭalya mentions the crops of the rainy season and crops which could be raised in other seasons also. The fertility of the soil and the raising of two crops, summer and winter, can be easily proved from the *Arthaśāstra* and especially the chapter entitled *sītādhyakṣa*.⁴