A History of Agriculture in India v1.c19.s8.7
A History of Agriculture in India v1.c19.s8.7
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v1.c19.s8.7
Cotton cloth seems to be the Harappans' main export to Mesopotamia. From the Mesopotamians they got woollen garments and silver in exchange. The Indus civilization had boats with sails. A terracotta amulet from Mohenjo-daro shows a boat with two birds known as *Dishakaka*. Sailors in those days slowly sailed, hugging the coast-line, and they usually carried shore-sighting birds, e.g. crows, doves and swallows. 'When the ship was out of sight of land, they would set the shore-sighting bird free and it would go to the East, to the South, to the West and to the North and to the intermediate points and rise aloft. If on the horizon it caught sight of land, thither it would go. But if not, it would return to the ship.'¹⁶