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Dvyāśrayakávya
One who did not pay off his debt could be chaind in the sup on the bank of the river (III.40).
Foreign Trade Only boats and littles-boats (Udupa XVII.7) are specified in the Dvyāśrayakāvya. No foreign trade, import or export is cited in the poem. In those days business relations had been established with Chinal via Jāvā. The trade with Sumātra was also prevalent. Forbes has recorded a tradition of Gujarat?
It is a Saying in Goozrat Who goes to Java Never returns If by chance, he returns Then by two generations to live upon Money enough he brings back.
Coins i. Niska : It is frequently mentioned in the Dvyāśrayakavya. Cows and Nişkas are the subserviences of business (XVI11.18). According to Abhayatilakagaņi, a Nişka consists of hundred Palas (XV.69) On another place he has referred to Niska, a golden coin having hundred and eight palas (XV11.84).3
ii. Karşu or Karşāpaņa: XVII.79; Ku. 111.27). It consists of sixteen paņas. Perhaps it was made of gold. Originally it was a golden coin but later on silver Karşāpaņas were also used. Accordiog to Abhayatilakagani, it was
1. Majumdar, A.K. Chaulukyas of Gujarat, p.268. 2. ibid., p.208. 3. DV. XVII.84
हेम्नोष्टोत्तरं शतं पल वा 4. Aghnìborti, Prabhudayal. Patañjali-Kälina Bbärata, Bihar, 1963,
P,355.
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