[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971) › c19.3 # Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c19.3 Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c19.3 - **Language:** English ### [c19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19.3) This useful plant,¹ I believe, is cultivated all over Hindostan. The seeds are sown in July, before the rains begin; they should be sown near to one another, to make the stem rise higher, more erect, with fewer branches, and to increase the produce. It flowers in October, and is taken up in December. - [Previous: c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19.2) - [Next: c19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19.4) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dharampal-1971.c19.3) · Pramāṇa