An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c21.s1.3

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(1) Baluchistan and the Indus valley where the earliest remains date to the mid-4th millennium and continue in some areas until the 1st millennium B.C., moving from a Neolithic to a Chalcolithic and Copper/Bronze Age [4.7] economy. This area has produced remains of club wheat (*Triticum compactum*) from Mundigak II and Harappa and dwarf wheat (*T. spaerococcum*), barley (*Hordeum vulgare*), dates, sesame and legumes from Harappa. For some of these w. Asian origins have been suggested. Cotton (*Gossypium arboreum*) has been found at Mohenjo-daro.