[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c6.s1.6 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c6.s1.6 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c6.s1.6 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.s1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s1.6) Of the domesticated animals found in India today some were domesticated within the subcontinent. They include the \*mithan\* or \*gayal\* (\*Bos frontalis\*), which is the product of cross-breeding of the domestic cattle with the wild gaur and is presently found in e. India, the buffalo and certain species of birds. The cattle, sheep, goat, horse, donkey, two-humped camel, cat and dog are the product of initially imported stock, probably from the n.-w. The cattle are the most widely occurring species at prehistoric sites, but it is not known if a wild ancestor was indigenous, as no parent species is known today. The wild sheep and goat still roam in the n. and w. mountain ranges, but their relationship with domesticated breeds is not very clear. Along with the pig they are not reported from all early Neolithic-Chalcolithic sites. The wild boar was and is still found in Indian jungles and may have been locally domesticated. - [Previous: v1.c6.s1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s1.5) - [Next: v1.c6.s1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s1.7) - [Up: v1.c6.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s1.6) · Pramāṇa