Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.224

c9.224

**Prohibited and Free Imports.** It is finally laid down that goods which are harmful to people (*rāshtra-pīḍā-karam*) [II. 21] 'such as poison or alcohol' or which are of little value such as vegetables are not to be imported, while goods which are of good to the country (*mahopakāram*), 'goods like seeds of food-crops, or medicinal plants,' are to be imported free of toll.