A History of Agriculture in India v1.c49.6

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Cachar Hills, Neolithic sites, 262-63 Cambrian Period and India, 1 Camels, 192 93 domestication, 193 Harappa, 183 migration to Asia, 192, 282 origin, 192 Cane, 314 Carbon-14 dating, *see* Radiocarbon dating Cardamoms, oldest centre, 269 Cashew, original home, 289 Caspian Sea, Belt Cave, 101 Castor discovery, 245 in India, 246 Caste system, 308 Cats, 211 Cattle, 107 ancestors of, 101 and *Avesta*, 280 breeds of, later-Vedic, 326-27 domestication, 107 by Aryans, 280 dual purpose breed, 316-17 Hariana breed, 316 Kalibangan, 158 Kushan period, 401 management by horses, 289 Mewati breed, 316 pre-Harappan representation, 117 Cave drawings and paintings classification, 83 Mesolithic, 78 India, 82 radiocarbon dating, 95 Celts, *see* Polished stone-axes Cenozoic Era, 44 Central Asia, Bactrian camel, 193 Central Himalayas, *see* Great Himalayas Central India desiduous forests, 39 forest settlements, 430-33 vegetation, 39 Cereals centres of origin, 501, 503, 504 development from grasses, 103-4 Kanauj empire, 427 later-Vedic, 317-19 Neolithic, 101, 237 primitive, 111 Paiyampalli, Tamil Nadu, 237 Chalcolithic cultures Egypt, 113-14 Harappan, India, 139-55 Pakistan, 130-38 Mesopotamia, 111-13