WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

INDUS VALLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the agriculture of Indus valley people?
A
Rice, wheat and mustard
B
Meat, egg, fish
C
Cotton
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Agriculture in the Indus Valley was entirely reliant on good soil and technological improvements. Wheat, barley, peas, lentils, linseed, and mustard seeds were planted in the winter, while millet, sesame, and rice were planted in the summer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indus Civilization Farmers Cultivated Rice Over 4, 000 Years Ago, Archaeological Evidence Suggests.

Detailed explanation-3: -Agriculture in the Indus valley was solely dependent on good quality soil and advancements in farming techniques. Major crops produced were wheat, barley, peas, lentils, linseed, and mustard seeds were sown in winter whereas millet, sesame and rice were grown in summer.

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: -Source. Seshat expert contributor and University of Cambridge fellow Dr. Cameron Petrie and colleagues recently unearthed evidence to confirm that the people of ancient Indus (modern-day Pakistan and northwest India) first practiced rice farming in the Bronze Age-much earlier than previously believed.

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