A History of Agriculture in India v1.c19.s7.13

v1.c19.s7.13

A few grains of barley have been found mixed with wheat at Mohenjo-daro and identified by Luthra (1936) as *Hordeum vulgare* var. *nudum*. In low frequency they are also found mixed with wheat at Chanhu-daro (Vishnu-Mittre, unpublished). The material from Harappa is referred to as *H. vulgare* var. *hexastichum* (Vats, 1940). In contrast to the low frequency of barley found at the above sites, a sizeable quantity was found at Kalibangan (Fig, 87, bottom right). Mohenjo-daro material, as mentioned above, is dated 1750 B.C. from the late levels, whereas Kalibangan material is dated 2090-2075 B.C. (Agrawal and Kusumgar, 1968 a, b). There is reason to believe that barley was cultivated throughout the Harappan period from 2300 B.C. to 1750 B.C.