Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.218

c9.218

Similarly punishable were also craftsmen combining (a) to strike work (*karma-guṇāpakarshaṇa*) and to raise their wages (*ājīvam*) or (b) to raise the prices of things they have to sell and reduce those of things they have to buy (*sambhūya vikraya-krayopaghātaṁ samutthāpayatam*) [*Ib.*].