History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s1.18

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Harrow used for preparing the seed-bed after ploughing and for covering the seeds after sowing is not much evidenced. A blade-harrow found in the excavations at Sanchi is 21.75 inches long and 3.125 inches wide, with two vertical tangs, one on each end, fixed into the flat wooden back. Koṭiśa mentioned by the Amarakośa (II.9.12) is taken to be a harrow (Randhwa, Vol.1, p.418). Biddhaka is mentioned by the Kṛṣi-Parāśara (verse 118) as an implement nine cubits long and having twenty-one spikes. It refers to Indian harrow.