[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s6.13 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s6.13 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s6.13 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s6.13) Lavaṇa, ‘salt,’ is never mentioned in the Rigveda, only once in the Atharvaveda,¹ and not after that until the latest part of the Brāhmaṇas,² where it is regarded as of extremely high value.³ This silence in the early period is somewhat surprising if the regions then occupied by the Indians were the Panjab and the Indus valley, where salt abounds; it would at first sight seem less curious if the home of the early Vedic Indian is taken to be Kurukṣetra.⁴ It is, however, quite conceivable that a necessary commodity might happen to be passed over without literary mention in a region where it is very common, but to be referred to in a locality where it is not found, and consequently becomes highly prized. - [Previous: v2.c4.s6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s6.12) - [Next: v2.c4.s6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s6.14) - [Up: v2.c4.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s6.13) · Pramāṇa