Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c15.11

c15.11

Government Agricultural Farms. These model farms were of great use for the improvement of agriculture in the country. Seeds of various crops to be grown were collected here. Government had its own flower-, fruit-, and vegetable-gardens and undertook cultivation of commercial crops like cotton (*kārpāsa*) and jute (*kshauma*) [*Ib.*].