[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997) › v1.c19.14 # History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c19.14 History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c19.14 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.14) 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”. - [Previous: v1.c19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.13) - [Next: v1.c19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.15) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Pañcatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra) — Viṣṇuśarman, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.14) · Pramāṇa