A History of Agriculture in India v1.c49.32

v1.c49.32

Pepper, 406 centre of origin, 269 Periplus of the Erythraen Sea, 403 Persian wheel, 478 Peru centre of potato, 269 domestication of llama, 183 Pests, 318 Philippines, introduction of rice, 270 PIGGOT, S. classification of Baluchi culture, 115, 116 invasion of Aryans, 288 origin of Aryans, 280 Pigs, 194-210 domestication, 107 Harappan crop-robbers, 183 origin and spread, 101, 211 PILGRIM, research on fossils, 47, 49 Pineapple, original home, 269 Pinjore, Punjab, stone axes, 231 Pipal tree (Ficus religiosa), 324, 326, 328 Bodhi tree, 326 Pit-dwellings, 217 Pithecanthropus erectus, 63 Plaksha tree (Butea monosperma), 325 Plants cultivation centres of origin, 501-5 Neolithic culture, 103-4 diseases, 363 as food, 98-99 immigration, 25 mentioned in Sanskrit literature, 506-10 and rocks, 12 Pleistocene epoch, 44-45 buffalo, 188 camel, 192 fauna, 62-63 appearance of horse, 282 Siwalik hills, 6 Pliocene-Miocene epoch, 44-45 Pliopithecus, 47 Plough bullock-drawn, 111 Chalcolithic period, 113-4 development, 156-57 Harappan agriculture, 156-57 invention, 111, 113-14 later-Vedic, 317 Mesopotamia, 115 origin, 113