Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c20.7
Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c20.7
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c20.7
The form of the plough in Malabar is nearly the same, but it is still lighter, and more rudely constructed. A man may carry one of them on his back. They are nevertheless convenient, accommodated to the soil and the labour. The structure of these instruments, all over India is very simple; but they answer the purpose of the Husbandman where the soil is light, unobstructed by stones, and softened with water.