Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s13.1
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s13.1
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c9.s13.1
There were no banks in those days and a great deal of wealth was hoarded in the form of gold etc. and hidden underground (*nidhānapautti*).¹¹⁶ People also deposited money with their friends, but it was not very safe. Appropriation of deposits (*nāsāvahāra*) was known.¹¹⁷