Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.242

c9.242

It may be noted that these wines were in use in earlier times. Pāṇini mentions them by the names *Kāpiśāyana* and *Kapiśāyani* in the sense that they were 'produced in' the country called Kāpiśī [IV. 2, 99]. Kapiśa (=modern Kafiristan) was the region lying between the Kunar river and Hindukush beyond which lay Bāhlika.