Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c6.t3.60

c6.t3.60

This shows us very clearly that the Aryans by the time when the hymn was composed were settled in the fertile soil of North India and realised the vital importance of Agriculture as a staple and national industry for which they took a good deal of care and for which the Divine was invoked. They seem to acquire also a sound knowledge of the science as it exists to-day, and a nice handling of the instruments of Agriculture, such as plough, etc.