[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.c7.s2.11 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c7.s2.11 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c7.s2.11 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c7.s2.11) 2.2.7 \*Zea Mays\* (maize, \*makka\*). Imprints found at KAUNḌINYAPURA in c. 1435. Primitive (living fossil) maize in Sikkim is cytologically different from American or Carribean maize, supporting its pre-Columbian occurrence in the subcontinent, though perhaps it was reintroduced by the Arabs. - [Previous: v1.c7.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c7.s2.10) - [Next: v1.c7.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c7.s3.1) - [Up: v1.c7.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c7.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c7.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c7.s2.11) · Pramāṇa