History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c19.14

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Pañcatantra (200 B.C.according to Hertel, I.13) mentions a very interesting verse praising the trade of *gandha* as being the best of all,² “Of all trades, that of *gāndhika* is the best; what is the use of trades of gold and other things? Here what is bought with one, is sold for a hundred”.

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Pañcatantra — Viṣṇuśarman, Sanskrit