A History of Agriculture in India v1.c20.3

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The domestication of animals is closely linked with agriculture. The development of animal husbandry without crop-raising is impossible. This fact is proved from archaeological excavations which show that animal husbandry and agriculture occur together. The large ruminants, such as cattle and buffalo, possibly came as crop-robbers to the fields of the farmers of the river-civilization of Sind and the Punjab in the pre-Harappan phase. They were captured by the farmers and ended up as domesticated beasts in their pens. The pig is also a crop-robber, and even now it is a pest in sugarcane fields in northern India.