Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s13.4
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s13.4
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c9.s13.4
Loans and debts could be taken. Money-lending was looked upon as an honest calling. We have referred to the money-lender Ānanda of Vāṇiyagāma. Of substitutes of money, letters of credit were known. False documents (*kūṭaleha*) are mentioned.¹¹⁸