History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s3.t4.1

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The earliest primitive method of sowing was that of individual planting or dibbling of seeds into holes made by digging sticks. With the coming of field-tillage the method of broadcasting or scattering was introduced. We can speculate that in neolithic times, when cultivation was generally of the shifting or jhuming type, sowing was done either by dibbling or by broadcasting.