Drawing, without doubt, on ayruvedic practice, kautilya in his artshastra recommends that ‘ a gentlemen meal’ should consists of one prastha of pure unbroken rice, one fourth quantity of pulses, one-sixth of a prastha of ghee or oil and one sixth-fourth of a prastha of salt. For everyday consumption, sushrutha recommended the shali ( winter) rice, shastika, barley, mung, venison, butter, amla, rock salt, honey, and rainwater, these food were considered least likely to upset the equilibrium of the body doshas.