A History of Agriculture in India v1.c49.9

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Daimabad, Chalcolithic site, 259 Dairy products, later-Vedic, 315; *see also* Milk Dams Cholas, 405 pre-Harappan, 115 Dashrajan battle, 290 De TERRA, H. discovery of Burzahom, 216 pebble tools, 68 Deccan deciduous forests, 39 Iron Age, 306–7 Deccan Trap, 2, 3 formation, 4 map, 5 soils, 8, 14–15 Decimal system, 413 Deer-hunting, Mesolithic drawing, 84 Deforestation and Harappa, 181 Deities, Aryan, 291 Delhi, Iron Pillar, 417 Desert soils, 20 Deciduous forests, 30–40 Date-palms and Arabs, 113 Harappan agriculture, 180 origin, 113 Dhaula Dhar Range, glaciers, 61 Diluvium, 56 Dishakaka birds in terracotta, 180 Dockyard, Lothal, 152 Dogs domestication, 80–82 Harappa, 183 remains, 281 ritual burial, 219 Dolmens, South India, 306 Domestic animals Harappa, 156, 183–212 later-Vedic, 316–17 and man, 183 representations, 117 Sanskrit names of, 511 source of food, 107 Domestic fowl, 212–14 Domestication of birds, Harappa, 212 Drains and drainage Harappa, 132 Mohenjo-daro, 132 Rupar, 132 Draught animals, absence in America, 183 Dress, *see* Clothing and dress Drinking-water, Vedic age, 298 Drinks, intoxicating Kanauj empire, 428 Vedic age, 293 Drishadvati river, 290 in Harappan times, 142 Dromedary, *see* Bactrian camel