A History of Agriculture in India v1.c6.135

v1.c6.135

133. Life and death at Nevasa, Chalcolithic, *c.* 1300 B.C. In the foreground is a potter's hut. Spouted pot and vessel with flaring mouth are his products. The corpse of a child is being buried enclosed in a pitcher. On a slab are polished stone-axes (Reconstruction by H. D. Sankalia) 251
134. *Antheraea mylitta*, the tussor silk moth (female). Below are the cocoons from which silk is spun out (Courtesy: Indian Silk Board) 252
135. Copper implements from Navdatoli (Madhya Pradesh), 1400 B.C., Nevasa (Maharashtra) and Jorwe (Maharashtra) (Courtesy: Archaeological Survey of India) 253
136. Seeds of pulses. *First row: Lens culinaris* and *Vigna radiata*. *Second row: Vigna mungo* and *Cajanus cajan*. *Third row: Lathyrus sativus* and *Cicer arietinum* 254
137. Seeds of crops from Navdatoli-Maheswar. *First row: Triticum aestivum* and *Vigna mungo*. *Second row: Vigna radiata* and *Lens culinaris*. *Third row: Lathyrus sativus* and *Linum usitatissimum*. *Bottom: Pisum sativum* (After Vishnu-Mittre) 255
138. Isometric reconstruction of Chalcolithic village, Inamgaon, District Pune, *c.* 700 B.C. Houses were rounded and had straw roofs supported by wooden poles (After H. D. Sankalia) 256
139. *Sorghum bicolor* 257
140. A bronze chariot with a cult figure, possibly Pasupati, Shiva, from Daimabad, Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, of the Chalcolithic period, *c.* 1300 B.C. (Courtesy: National Museum, New Delhi; Archaeological Survey of India) 258
141. A pot from Inamgaon with engraving of a cart drawn by zebu cattle (After H. D. Sankalia) 258
142. Panicle of sorghum 260
143. Centres of diversity and origin of cultivated plants (general assignment after Vavilov 1935, and Darlington and Janaki Ammal, 1945) 270
144. Geographical distribution of records of rice, together with dates in the Indian subcontinent (After Vishnu-Mittre) 272
145. Polished Neolithic axes from Deojali Hading, North Cachar Hills, Assam. The uppper row contains shouldered ground stone-axes, with rectangular tank. These axes served as hoes for digging the soil (Courtesy: Archaeological Survey of India) 275
146. Palaeolithic and Neolithic tools from the Lohit District. In the last row at left is fully ground sandstone Neolithic axe. In the middle is a shouldered axe, with a rounded rectangular section (Courtesy: Archaeological Survey of India) 275
147. Spikelets, husks and grains of rice found in an excavation at Hastinapur, Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh (Courtesy: Archaeological Survey of India) 276 148. Foodgrains discovered in the excavation at Atranjikhera and Ahar and their age (After Vishnu-Mittre) 274