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(178)INDIA AS DESCRIBED IN EARLY TEXTS
(Çinaraṭṭha) and Soppabhumi (Suvannabhami) visited him. The basket-makers Lukārā), weavers (pesakārā), leather-workers (cammakārā), carpenters (tacchaka), metal-workers (kammārā), blacksmiths, goldsmiths, tinsmiths, jewellers (maṇikārā), potters (kumbhakārā), cloth merchants (dussikā), bow and arrow makers (usukārā, cāpakārā), perfumers (gandhikā), tailors (tunnavāyā), dyers (rajakārā), oilmen (telikā), fuel-suppliers (katthahārā), waterbarriers (udahārā), household servants (pessikā), cooks (sūpikā), artists or clerks (rūpadakkhā), door-keepers (dovārikā), sentinels (anīkaṭṭhā), drain-cleaners (sandhika), sweepers (pupphacchaḍḍakā), elephant-riders (hatthārokā), and élephant-trainers (hatthipala) used to visit him either for jobs and orders or for selling their wares.1
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In a well-laid city or town, rooms had to be made for the residence of the various classes of Khattiyas, Brahmanas, Vessas, Suddas elephant-riders, horsemen, chariot-drivers, footsoldiers, bowmen, sword-bearers, standardbearers, adjutants, suppliers of food to the army, uggas (high-born warriors), military scouts, brave and valiant fighters, helmet-wearers and other fighting units, slaves, wage-earners, wrestlers, cooks, hotel-keepers, barbers, bath
Apadana, n, p. 357f.
