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Trade and industry were well developed and organised. The institution called Śreṇī was a corporation of men following the same trade, occupation or craft and resembled the guides of medieval Europe. Almost every industry had its guild which laid down rules and regulations as a definite constitution. They maintained armies for the use of which wide roads were maintained.