A History of Agriculture in India v1.c49.40

v1.c49.40

SANTIDEV, 426 Saptasindhavah (Land of Five Rivers), 290 Sarasvati river Aryan settlement, 290 dry bed, 148 Harappan culture, 148 Valley, 142, 149 Sarson, centre of origin, 168 Satavahanas, 388–91, see also Andhra Satapatha Brahmana, and meat-eating, 315 SAUER, O. C., diffusion of agriculture, 268 Seals, Harappan civilization, 130 Mohenjo-daro, 184 Seasons, 21 described by Bana, 428 Ritusamhara, 413 Seed-drill earliest, 114 Lothal, 157 Seeding, 268 Semites and Chalcolithic phase, 113 in Egypt, 113 Sesame, 166 and Aryans, 299 Harappan agriculture, 166–68 introduction in India, 168 origins, 177–78 SHARMA, S. D., rice plant, 270 SHARMA, Y. D. Bara culture, 140 Excavations at Rupar, 139 SHASTRY, S. V. S., rice plant, 270 Sheep ancestors, 101 and Aryans, 296 difference from goats, 122–29 domestication, 120–29 by Aryans, 280 Baluchistan, 118 early man, 82 Harappa, 183 Mauryan age, 366 remains from Sintashta, USSR, 281 source of food, 107 Shifting agriculture, 220–21 Eastern India, 263 Shipping and maritime trade, Harappa, 152 Shipyard, Lothal, 152 Shola forests, 41 Shudras, 290 later-Vedic period, 308 Sickle (harvesting tool) Aryan, 299 later-Vedic, 305 Neolithic, 101 Siksha-samuchchaya, 426 Silk, 239, 480 Gupta age, 411 Hiuen Tsang, 426 Sind Chalcolithic culture, 130–39 domestication of cat, 211 see also Harappa Singh, Ram Dhan, see RAM DHAN SINGH SINHA, Surajit, shifting agriculture, 220 Sintashta, USSR, Aryan site, 280–81 Sittannavasal frescoes, 438 Siwalik river, 45 Siwaliks, 6 early man, 68 glaciation, 61 and horses, 282 Miocene-Pliocene epochs, 41–45 Neolithic settlements, 231 prehistoric tools, 68 Si-Yu-ki, see Hiuen Tsang Slaughter houses, Mauryan period, 377 Sling-balls and crop-protection, Harappan, 159 Snakebites, 363–64 Soan culture, 68 industry, 70 Social security, Arthashastra, 358 Soil fertility, Greek account, 360 Soils, 8–20 classification, Amarakosha, 416 formation, 9–11 action of animals, 12 action of plants, 11 foundations, 8–9 Hiuen Tsang, 423–24 map, 13 types, 10–20 Solar calendar, Chalcolithic revolution, 111, 113 SOLECKI, Ralph S., Neanderthal finds, 74 Solid-wheel cart, Indus Valley, 157–58 Soma drink, 279 and Aryans, 293 Sorghum, 245, 269 South India Chalcolithic settlements, 233 kingdoms, 403–9 Iron Age, 306–7 Neolithic settlements, 233–61 third centre of cultivated plants, 269 Southeast Asia centre of rice origin, 270 hearth of agriculture, 266, 269 home of cultigens, 266 Indian influence, 412 Soviet Union, and Aryans, 280 Soyabean, centre of origin, 269 Spices, 418, 443–45 centres of origin, 502, 503 Sports and Aryans, 293, 314 Srikantha region, crops, 432–33 STEIN, Sir Aurel, 115 Steppes, and horses, 283 Stone Age, 66, 67 drawings, 83 map, 73 Stone-axes, Neolithic, 102, 231 Stone tools and implements Chalcolithic, 138 Peking man, 64 Siwaliks, 68 see also Microliths Stone querns, 117 see also Saddle querns Sub-Himalayan zone, 6 Sudarshana lake, 363 Sugarcane and Arabs, 113 and Aryans, 299 centres of origin, 502 Greek account, 360 oldest centre, 269 origin, 113 Sumerian civilization, 111 decline, 114 plough, 156 Sunderbans, 41, 42 Sungas, 387 Sura drink, 293, 315 SURAJ BHAN, Haryana Harappan sites, 142 Surkotda, Gujarat Chalcolithic site, 153–54 find of horse bones, 187 Swamp buffalo, 189