An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c7.s2.9

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2.2.6 *Triticum* (wheat). BURZAHOM, CHIRAND (Neolithic, at the former site indirect evidence coming from seeds of forage plants); Harappa, KALIBANGAN, Mohenjo-daro (Harappa); ATRANJIKHERA (OCW); INAMGAON, KAYATHA, NAVDATOLI, SONGAON (Chalcolithic); BHOKARDAN, NEVASA, TER (early to late historical). Records show its earliest occurrence in w. part of the subcontinent during the Harappa period, somewhat later at CHIRAND and still later in the upper Ganga plains (ATRANJIKHERA). Subsequent to the decline of the Harappa it spread through the Ganga plains to c. India and thence to the Deccan.