Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c8.7

c8.7

"The fruits, moreover, of spontaneous growth, and the exculent roots which grow in marshy places and are of varied sweetness, afford abundant sustenance for man. The fact is that almost all the plains in the country have a moisture which is alike genial, whether it is derived from the rivers, or from the rains of the summer season, which are wont to fall every year at a stated period with surprising regularity."