A History of Agriculture in India v1.c49.1.1

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ABAYEV, V. Indo-European languages, 280 Aborigines, and the caste system, 308 *see also* Tribes Abyssinia diffusion of wheat, 103 hearth of agriculture, 269 origin of *Pennisetum*, 319 Acheulian Culture, 70, 78 Madhya Pradesh, 83 Maharashtra, 70 South India, 71 tools, 62 Adamgarh, M. P. cave drawings, 83 Mesolithic finds, 78 Adichanallur, Tamil Nadu pottery finds, 306 rice-grains finds, 306 Afghanistan, cultivated plants, 269 Africa centre of pearl-millet, 318, 319 fossil man, 55; sites (map) 52 hominid evolution, 53 *Homo erectus*, 64, 65 *Homo habilis*, 54-55 links with Indian fauna, 46 origin of sesame, 166 Aghatapura, *see* Ahar-Banasian culture Agricultural implements Buddhist period, 338 Gupta Age, 418 Kushan period, 401-2 later-Vedic, 317 Mauryan period, 361 Sanchi, 402 Satavahanas, 401 Agricultural practices and techniques Chalcolithic cultures, 113 Egypt, 113-14 *Jataka* accounts, 361 later-Vedic, 317-19 Agriculture and the Aryans, 315 beginnings of, 112 Buddhist period Greek account, 340-1 sources of information, 340 diffusion of, 268-69 discovery of, 101-2 and domestication of animals, 183 earliest, 266 Gupta Age, 416 Harappan, 156-82 hearths of 268-69 Kanauj empire, 428; Hiuen Tsang, 423-24 Neolithic, 101-4 Kashmir, 219-20 ninth century (India), 478 Sanskrit equivalent, 280 Satavahanas, 381, 391 South Indian king loms, 406 Vedic Age, 297-300 Agriculturists, later-Vedic, 308 Ahar-Banasian culture, 150-51 absence of stone tools, 151 jowar, 245 Ahichchhatra, U. P.