A History of Agriculture in India v2.c69.1

v2.c69.1

Babur mentions in his Memoirs the plants which he saw in India. His record of fruit and ornamental plants is important in the sense that we know in an authentic manner what plants were grown in India in the early sixteenth century. Among the fruits he mentions, mango, plantain, tamarind, mahua, jaman, chironji, jack, khirni, karonda, paniala, ber, amla, kamrak, lime, citron, galgal and santra orange. He also records the presence of date, coconut and toddy palms.