A History of Agriculture in India v1.c33.s2.13

v1.c33.s2.13

Though iron hoes are known from the third century B.C. in South India, their number increased substantially in the first and second centuries of the Christian Era. This increased number indicates greater agricultural activity. The people of the Deccan cultivated cotton, and Andhra was known for its cotton cloth. According to R.S. Sharma, the art of transplanting rice seedlings was widely practised in the first two centuries in the deltas of the Krishna and the Godavari, which became the rice bowl of South India.² Through contact with the north, the Deccanis learnt the use of bricks and ringwells.