A History of Agriculture in India v2.c65.s7: Love for Flowers

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Abdur Razzak also observed that the people of Vijayanagar had great love for flowers. He states, ‘Roses are sold everywhere. These people could not live without roses, and they look upon them as quite as necessary as food....’ Even at present there is great love for flowers among South Indians, who use them for personal adornment and worship. Abdur-Razzak continues, ‘Each class of men belonging to each profession has shops contiguous, the one to the other; the jewellers sell publicly in the bazars pearls, rubies, emeralds, and diamonds. In this agreeable locality, as well as in the king’s palace, one sees numerous running streams and canals formed of chiselled stone, polished and smooth.’