A History of Agriculture in India v1.c26.s3.3

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The hard clayey soil of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar could not be easily cultivated with wooden ploughs. When the wooden ploughs were provided with iron ploughshares, their efficiency increased. This improvement enabled the Aryans to cultivate virgin lands, thus leading to greater mastery over food production. It almost led to a Green Revolution, which was sparked off by the invention of two most important tools, viz. the socketed iron axe and the iron ploughshare. In due course, all small tools of agriculture, viz. sickles and hoes, were also manufactured from iron.