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Barley and rice
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Wheat and Barley
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Rice and wheat
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Wheat and cotton
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Detailed explanation-1: -Their staple food crops were wheat and barley. Other food crops included rice, peas, beans, fruits, millets, etc. Rice, a water-intensive crop, was cultivated in the region.
Detailed explanation-2: -Wheat and barley were two main crops for which evidence was already there in Mehrgarh-they continued in the Indus civilisation. The other rabi crops, for which evidence has come from Indus period sites, were mustard, linseed, peas, lentil, gram.
Detailed explanation-3: -Barley, gram, peas and wheat are examples of Rabi crops.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Indus people produced wheat, barley, ragi etc. They produced two types of wheat and barley. A good quantity of barley has been discovered at Banawali. But there was not enough evidence to show that pulses have been cultivated extensively by the Harappans.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Harappans grew lentils and other pulses (peas, chickpeas, green gram, black gram). Their main staples were wheat and barley, which were presumably made into bread and perhaps also cooked with water as a gruel or porridge.