[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950) › c10.8 # Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c10.8 Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c10.8 - **Language:** English ### [c10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c10.8) This need not in itself have entailed wholly settled communities – pastoralism may involve complete mobility, and even primitive hoe-cultivation soon exhausts the land. If there is no river-inundation to provide fresh mud each year, the settlement must seek new fields every few seasons. But camping sites may be re-visited regularly, and some of the tribe may remain more or less permanently to guard the crops. The increased and more assured food supply of a farming community allows for larger families, and children can be put to more uses in herding, weeding or hoeing than the limited specialized skills of a hunting tribe admit. - [Previous: c10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c10.7) - [Next: c10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c10.9) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c10.8) · Pramāṇa