A Concise History of Science in India c10.7
A Concise History of Science in India c10.7
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c10.7
The querns found in the excavations show how the grinding of the grain was done on an extensive scale. Agriculture in those days mainly comprised cultivation of wheat, barley, sesamum, peas, cotton, date-palm, pomegranate and banana. It is indeed interesting to note that at Mohenjodaro the wheat unearthed (*Triticum sphaerococcum* or *Triticum compactum*) belongs to a group which is still cultivated in the region of modern Panjab.d