ctrl f supa in the link above i believe the dish described is basically the same
and the arthashastra in any case outclasses all other attestations even if you take western dating
the pushback on this etymology is seemingly more than even for the word cash which is also an indian word but the english would even prefer to credit the french for it than indians
french caisse is a tangential link at best while tamil cash is actually cash and got printed on coins as such and derives from sanskrit karsha a measure of weight also attested in arthashastra and so of similar age
ctrl f supa in the link above i believe the dish described is basically the same
and the arthashastra in any case outclasses all other attestations even if you take western dating
the pushback on this etymology is seemingly more than even for the word cash which is also an indian word but the english would even prefer to credit the french for it than indians
french caisse is a tangential link at best while tamil cash is actually cash and got printed on coins as such and derives from sanskrit karsha a measure of weight also attested in arthashastra and so of similar age