The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s6.20

c14.s6.20

At another point the merchant's wife Khullanā is being assisted by the maid Durvalā in the kitchen. The description of cooking points to the diverse items of household economy such as is prevalent in Bengal even today. One finds here among other things the jack-fruit seeds, pulse-cakes, prawn, *chitol* fish and *mān-kachu* so characteristic of Bengali dietary.