[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997) › v1.c24.s2.7 # History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s2.7 History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s2.7 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c24.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c24.s2.7) The text points out that there should not be a broken furrow. The furrows should be one, three, or five in number. The text lists a number of inauspicious portents in the act of ploughing : the plough raising a tortoise, the forced raising of and a breach in the ploughshare, the plough, īśā, yuga or the śaula breaking, the yotra snapping, the cultivator or a cow falling down or a bull running away. Likewise, a cow bellowing and licking the nose and the bulls voiding dung and passing urine are considered to be auspicious. - [Previous: v1.c24.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c24.s2.6) - [Next: v1.c24.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c24.s3.1) - [Up: v1.c24.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c24.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c24.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c24.s2.7) · Pramāṇa