“Chinas, Hunas, Shakas, Odras, dwellers of the mountain valleys, Varshneyas, Harahunas, and dark Haimavatas — I cannot count all who came, not admitted at once at the gate, offering him various tribute again and again. Ten thousand black-necked, huge-bodied donkeys, running a hundred yojanas, they brought — trained, famed in every land. And cloth rich in measure, colour, and softness, born in Bahli and China — woollen, furs of rankava, silk, rubbed soft cloth, lotus-hued, by the thousand; smooth cloth without cotton, sheep's wool, and soft hide.”