A History of Agriculture in India v1.c26.s8.1

v1.c26.s8.1

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.