Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c15.109

c15.109

Skins. There was a large trade in skins of different kinds derived from places like Kāntanāva and Preya which are the regions of the Himalayas (*Uttaraparvata*). Skins of varieties called Bisī and Mahābisī came from twelve noted Himalayan villages inhabited by Mlechchhas (*Dvādaśagrāmīye*). Various kinds of skin came from another Himalayan region known as Āroha.