Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c15.76
Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c15.76
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c15.76
Lastly, there was the great north-west over-land trade-route linking India with Central and Western Asia by way of Taxila and cities of the Gangetic Valley like Sāketa, Sāvatthī, Benares, or Rājagaha [*Vin. Texts*, ii, 174, ff.; *Mahāvagga*, viii, 1, 6 ff.]. As a very frequented road, it was free from dangers. We read of students travelling in numbers to Takkasilā, unattended and unarmed [*Jāt.* ii, 277], for education.