A History of Agriculture in India v1.c14.12

v1.c14.12

Jarmo and other ecologically similar localities witnessed the first attempts at agriculture. In the region about Jarmo, the present-day botanical evidence strongly substantiates the idea that here are found wild wheat, wild barley, lentil, pea, flax, fig and almond—all of which are potentially domesticable in their present forms, or have potential factors for hybridization. All are found in a definitely wild state, that is, in uncultivable situations, so that they must be considered indigenous and not later introductions. From this region, Neolithic culture diffused in a series of waves to Aegean and Levant, Egypt, southern Russia, the Balkans and the Danube Valley, Italy, France, Spain, the British Isles and India.