Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c5.18
Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya), Vol. I c5.18
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"And while the soil bears on its surface all kinds of fruits which are known to cultivation, it has also underground numerous veins of all sorts of metals, for it contains much gold and silver, and copper and iron in no small quantity, and even tin and other metals which are employed in making articles of use and ornament as well as the implements and accoutrements of war."—Book I, Fragment i.