A History of Agriculture in India v1.c19.s7.20

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An indirect evidence of the cultivation of foodgrains, such as wheat and barley, by the Harappans is provided by terracottas and saddle querns. In a terracotta from Mohenjo-daro, we see a woman kneading flour (Fig. 89). This is how wheat-flour is kneaded even at present in India. In Fig. 88 is shown saddle-quern recovered from the Harappan settlement, Sector 17, Chandigarh. *Sil* and *vatta* are the descendants of the saddle-quern and are used for grinding spices in Indian homes. Saddle-querns were possibly used for grinding roasted barley. Roasted barley-flour mixed with sugar is the *sattu*, so much relished by the people in the [Figure: INDIA WHEAT AND BARLEY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF RECORDS TOGETHER WITH DATES IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT ● WHEAT ○ BARLEY BURZAHOM 1300 BC HARAPPA 2500-1700 BC 2300-1750 BC KALIBANGAN 2000 BC MOHENJO-DARO 2500-1700 BC 2300-1750 BC CHANHU-DARO 2300-1750 BC ATRANJIKHERA 1200-600 BC 2000-1500 BC CHIRAND 2500-1800 BC KAYATHA 1380-1305 BC PANDU RAJAR DHIBI 1000 BC MAHESHWAR 1600-1440 BC NAVDATOLI 1500-1000 BC SONEGAON 1340-1290 BC TER 200 BC INAMGAON 1370-1026 BC]