Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t2.14

v2.c43.s3.t2.14

Most *Ratnaśāstra* texts have discussed the pricing pattern of rubies and sapphires. Sapphire was considered to have different shades of colour which were equated to ‘castes’, e.g., whitish blue (brāhmaṇa), reddish blue (kṣatriya), yellowish-blue (vaiśya) and black-blue (śūdra) etc. (RYP, 82).