Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.t5.5

c9.t5.5

The trees provided the country with materials for the construction of houses, vehicles etc. Various kinds of bamboos,⁹⁴ creepers,⁹⁵ grass,⁹⁶ medicinal herbs and roots⁹⁷ were to be found in plenty. Vanakamma is mentioned as a profession dealing in wood, which included the felling of trees. Aṅgālakamma was another profession that dealt in charcoal by preparing it from fire wood; it also included brick-making according to the commentator.⁹⁸