A History of Agriculture in India v1.c26.s8: Agricultural Practices
A History of Agriculture in India v1.c26.s8
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Agricultural Practices
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Generally, in the Vedic period, two harvests a year were gathered. The number of references pertaining to agriculture found in the Vedic literature indicate that the cultivator in the Vedic period possessed a fair knowledge of the fertility of the land, selection and treatment of seeds, seasons of sowing and harvesting, rotation and other cultural practices of crops, manuring for increased production of crops, and the like.
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The Vedic farmers knew the method of improving the fertility of the soil by using the method of rotation. The *Taittiriya Samhita* mentions that rice would be sown in summer and pulses in winter on the same field.¹²
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¹² Raychaudhari, S P., Lallanji Gopal and Subbarayappa, B.V. *A Concise History of Science in India*, pp. 252, 353
Linked texts (1)
- Taittirīyasaṃhitā — Sanskrit