[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Agriculture in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980) › v1.c19.s3.1 # A History of Agriculture in India v1.c19.s3.1 A History of Agriculture in India v1.c19.s3.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s3.1) Ox-drawn sledges were still being used about 3000 B.C. at Ur to convey royal corpses to their final resting-place. But long before that date, the sledge had been transformed by an invention that revolutionized locomotion on land. The wheel was the crowning achievement of prehistoric carpentry; it is the pre-condition of modern machinery, and, applied to transport, it converted the sledge into a cart or wagon. - [Previous: v1.c19.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s2.1) - [Next: v1.c19.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s3.2) - [Up: v1.c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Uri](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.uri) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s3.1) · Pramāṇa