[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.s7.33 # A History of Agriculture in India v1.c19.s7.33 A History of Agriculture in India v1.c19.s7.33 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s7.33) Sesame (\*til\*). Historical, philological, botanical and ethnographical evidences suggest the possibility of an independent origin of agriculture in Africa in the area near the headwaters of the Niger River. Murdock believes that the Mande people who inhabited this area were the first to domesticate sesame.¹² Botanical evidence also suggests that sesame originated in Africa.¹³ - [Previous: v1.c19.s7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s7.32) - [Next: v1.c19.s7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s7.34) - [Up: v1.c19.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.randhawa-1980.v1.c19.s7.33) · Pramāṇa