A History of Agriculture in India v2.c77.4

v2.c77.4

‘Whenever his Majesty wishes to take wine, opium, or *kuknar*, the servants in charge place before him stands of fruits; he eats a little, but most is distributed. The fruits are marked according to their degree of excellence; melons of the first quality are marked with a line drawn round the top; those of the second, with two lines; and so on.