A History of Agriculture in India v1.c20.2

v1.c20.2

On the seals from Harappan sites are depicted contemporary wild and domesticated animals whose actual remains in the form of bones have also been recovered from the excavations. The inference from the fauna is that the climate was more humid. It provided an environment for the rhinoceros, the tiger, the water-buffalo, the sambhar, and the elephant to thrive, none of which now exists in wild form in the region. Domestic animals included humped bull (*Bos indicus*), Indian buffalo (*Bubalus bubalis*), goat (*Capra hircus*), sheep (*Ovis orientalis*), pig (*Sus scrofa cristatus*), one-humped Indian camel (*Camelus dromedarius*), ass (*Equus asinus*), and at least two types of dog, one referable to the modern pariah-dog, *Canis tenggeranus harappenis*, and the other to a mastiff type. The cat from Harappa (*Felis ocreata r. domestica*) resembled the common European domestic cat in appearance.