Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.197

c9.197

The Superintendent also controlled prices by checking profiteering. This he did by fixing the *whole-sale* price, and a margin of profit (*ājīva*) above it to settle the *retail* prices. It was 5 per cent in the case of home-made goods (*svadeśīyānāṁ paṇyānām*) and 10 per cent for foreign goods.