A History of Agriculture in India v2.c80.s1.7

v2.c80.s1.7

'On the other side of the river is a city named Sikandra, well built and populated, but chiefly by merchants, for through it must pass all the merchandise brought from Porop, and Bengalen Purop and the Bhutan mountains, namely, cotton goods from Bengal, raw silk from Patna, spikenard, borax, verdigris, ginger, fennel, and thousands of sorts of drugs, and also innumerable kinds of grain, butter, and other provisions, which are produced in the Eastern provinces, and imported thence. Here the great lords far surpass ours in magnificence, for their gardens serve for their enjoyment while they are alive, and after death for their tombs, which during their lifetime they build with great magnificence in the middle of the garden.’¹