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Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c4.t6.13

Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c4.t6.13

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¹ J, III, p. 505. The treasury of the Mauryas contained pearls from the Pāṇḍya and Kerala countries, from Persia and the Himalayas, gems (maṇi) of different size and value from the Vindhyas and the Malaya mountains, diamonds of various kinds from Kaliṅga, Kosala, and Benares, coral from the isle of the Yavanas: See Arthaśāstra, II, 11; Kalidas Nag, Les Theories Diplomatiques de L'Inde Ancienne, pp. 133-5.

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