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| | Flowers and Gardening in India |
 | | A description of the layout of gardens and parks and artificial lakes in the city of Indraprastha is given in the Sabha-Parva of the Mahaharata. |
 | | Several trees, such as Saraca indica, Terminalia arjuna, Mesua ferrea, Ficus benghalensis, F.religiosa, Michelia champaka, Butea monosperma and Casia fistula, have been mentioned in the Ramayana. |
 | | In the ancient Sanskrit work of Panini in Ashtadhyayi, several beautiful trees are mentioned, such as Ficus (F.religiosa, F.benghalensis, F.infectora), Butea monosperma, Prosopis spcigeraKadamba and a few others. |
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