Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c14.94

c14.94

**Diet.** The Greeks were struck by the absence of wine from the Indians' diet. Their staple food was pulpy rice. Each man took his food by himself. There was neither a common meal nor a fixed time for it. At the time of supper, it was served on a table in a gold dish in which was first put rice fully boiled, and, on it, seasoned meats.