A History of Agriculture in India v1.c49.48

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WAKANKAR, V. S. Bhimbetaka cave, 84, 95 Kayatha culture, 154 Stone-Age paintings, 83 Walnuts, 112, 269 Warfare, animals in, 433-34 elephants, 192 Water-logging and Sumerians, 114 Water-melon, 269 Water storage, South India, 406-7 see also Tanks Weapons Aryan, 289 copper, 138 Weaving Aryans, 296 invention, 109 Neolithic, 107, 274 Weights and measures Harappa, 130 later-Vedic, 314 Lothal, 152 masha, 243 Wells, 298, 401, see also Ring wells West Asia barley, 162 Neolithic Agricultural Revolution, 101-4 spread of horse, 287 West Bengal Neolithic sites, 264-65 soils, 14 Western Ghats, evergreen forests, 40 Western Himalayas, vegetation, 101 Wheat ancestors, 101 chapati, Ahar-Banasian culture, 150 centre of origin, 269 Euphrates valley, 114 Harappan agriculture, 157, 161-62 later-Vedic, 317 Neolithic culture, 103-4 Agricultural Revolution, 101 oldest centre, 269 region, 24 varieties, 161–62 vedas, 300 Wheeled cart Harappan, 157–58 spread, 283 WHEELER, Sir Mortimer granaries at Harappa, 159 Harappan culture, 138, 181 invasion of the Aryans, 289 iron industry and Aryans, 307 WHYTE, R. O., 112, 114 Wheel, invention of, 111, 157, 281 Wild animals cave drawings, 94 domestication, 118 as pests, 158–59 Wild ass, 194 Wild plants as food, 99 Wolves pets of early man, 82 Mesolithic period, 80–81 Women discovery of agriculture, 102 domestication of animals, 82 position of, later-Vedic, 313 sowing of crops, 102 toilet, 137, 413