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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t2.32

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t2.32

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c9.t2.32

⁴⁰ *Taṇḍula Ṭī*, p. 2 a In Bengal there were two kinds of sugar-cane, the pale-yellow or *puṇḍra* and the dark purple or black called *kājali* or *kajoli* The former gave its name to the province of Puṇḍadeśa to the east of the Ganges, and latter to Kajolaka, or the province to the west of the Ganges, *Arch Survey of India* (*Report* 1879-80, Bihar and Bengal), Vol XV, 1882, p 28