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# An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c7.s2.7

An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c7.s2.7

- **Language:** English

### [v1.c7.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c7.s2.7)

\*2.2.4 Pennisetum typhoideum\* (pearl millet, \*bajra\*). RANGPUR (Harappa); AHAR² (Chalcolithic); HALLUR (Iron Age); NEVASA, TER (early historical, at the former in Indo-Roman levels). Suited to arid climates, its original home is believed to be tropical Africa, where record dated 1250 B.C. is known from Neolithic Naghez.

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