A History of Agriculture in India v1.c49.8

v1.c49.8

Chou-kou-tien Cave, China, 64, 71 evidence of fire, 64 Peking man, 64 Citadels, *see* Fortresses and citadels Citrus and Arabs, 113 centre of origin, 269 Cities, *see* Towns City-planning, *see* Town-planning Climate Harappa, 183 Mesolithic period, 78-79 Tertiary period, 45 Cloth, *see* Textiles Clothing and dress Alberuni's account, 474 Aryans Vedic, 293 later-Vedic, 314 Greek account, 341-42 Neanderthal man, 74 COCKBURN, discovery of cave-shelters, 82 Cocoa, original home, 269 Coconut (*Cocos nucifera*), 391-92 Harappan culture, 180 introduction in India, 392 oldest centre, 269 region, 24 COEURDOX, and language of the Aryans, 278 Coffee, home of, 269 Coins Indo-Greek, 349 Magadhan empire, 348-51 Copper imported by Sumerians, 111 ornaments, 239 pre-Harappan Baluchistan, 115 smelting, 111 Copper Age culture, Ahar-Banasian, 151 Copper tools and implements Chalcolithic age, 138 Gandhara grave culture, 292 Corn grinding, Harappa, 163 growing, Neolithic, 117 Cottage industries, Kanauj empire, 426 Cotton, 179-80 and Arabs, 113 centre of origin, 269 Greek account, 360 Harappan agriculture, 179-80 not mentioned in Vedas, 300 varieties, Harappan, 179-80 Cotton cloth and garments, Harappan, 137, 179 Cowdung as manure, 317 Cow-killing later-Vedic, 315 Mauryan age, 366 Cows and Aryan wars, 290 as *daskhina*, 295 favourite of Harappans, 185 Mauryan age, 365-66 and milk, 296 pre-Harappan representation, 117 punishment for stealing, 371 remains, Sintishta, USSR, 281 symbol of wealth, 291 Cretaceous Period, 1-4 Crete, wheeled vehicles, 283 Cro-Magnon Man, 76 Crop growing, Indus Valley, 158 Crop protection, Harappan, 158-59 Crop sharing, 357 Crops growing and harvesting Mauryan age, 362 Vedic period, 299 Indus Valley, 156-57 later-Vedic, 317-19 rotation of, 317 Cultigens, origin, 266 Cultivated plants centres of origin, 268, 501-5 history, 103 Cultivation and Jainism, 332 Mauryan empire, 348, 356-57 Cyclones, 23