Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c5.t4.104
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c5.t4.104
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c5.t4.104
The great rivers did, no doubt, furnish means of communication and some facilities of transport. Of bridges we have no mention.⁸ There were fording places⁹ and the streams and water courses were crossed by means of boats.¹⁰ There were canoes (ekaḍonikanāvā) also.¹¹ People made a living by conveying people and goods across the rivers.¹²