Indian culture attributes prosperity to spices like cinnamon, cardamom, and saffron, integral in both culinary and spiritual ...

Then, as networks developed, trade expanded to include spices from the Indian subcontinent and beyond— adding to already long-traded commodities such as textiles, leather, tools, and arms.

High-quality incense typically incorporates natural materials such as resins, barks, flowers, roots, leaves and spices. A ...

Dozens of workers toil through the night coating thin lengths of bamboo in herbs, spices and richly coloured powders to create incense sticks that are spread out under the rising sun to dry.