[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.s7.20 # A History of Agriculture in India v1.c19.s7.20 A History of Agriculture in India v1.c19.s7.20 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s7.20) 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 \[Figure: INDIA WHEAT AND BARLEY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF RECORDS TOGETHER WITH DATES IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT ● WHEAT ○ BARLEY BURZAHOM 1300 BC HARAPPA 2500-1700 BC 2300-1750 BC KALIBANGAN 2000 BC MOHENJO-DARO 2500-1700 BC 2300-1750 BC CHANHU-DARO 2300-1750 BC ATRANJIKHERA 1200-600 BC 2000-1500 BC CHIRAND 2500-1800 BC KAYATHA 1380-1305 BC PANDU RAJAR DHIBI 1000 BC MAHESHWAR 1600-1440 BC NAVDATOLI 1500-1000 BC SONEGAON 1340-1290 BC TER 200 BC INAMGAON 1370-1026 BC\] - [Previous: v1.c19.s7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s7.19) - [Next: v1.c19.s7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s7.21) - [Up: v1.c19.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s7) ## Cites (12) - [Harappā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.harappa) - [Mohenjo-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mohenjo-daro) - [Kālībangan](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kalibangan) - [Chanhu-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.chanhu-daro) - [Atranjikhera](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.atranjikhera) - [Burzahom](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.burzahom) - [Chirand](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.chirand) - [Navdatoli](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.navdatoli) - [Inamgaon](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.inamgaon) - [Kāyathā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kayatha) - [Maheswar](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.maheswar) - [Pandu Rajar Dhibi](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.pandu-rajar-dhibi) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s7.20) · Pramāṇa