INDIAN AGRICULTURE HISTORY

         History of agriculture,
 Agricultural heritage of India,
 Development of scientific agriculture in world and India – inventions and Institutes



HISTORY: It refers the continuou record of past events
HERITAGE: It indicates inherited values carried from one generation to other generation.
AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE: It denotes the adepted Values and traditional practices of agriculture in ancient India which are more relevant for present day system.  


       Development of Human culture:
It is supposed that man was evolved on earth about 15 lakh years ago. This man was evolved from the monkey who started to move by standing erect on his foots.
Such man has been called Homo erectus (or) Java man.



Later on Java man transformed into Cro-Magnan and Cro-Magnan into modern man. The Morden man is zoologically known as Homo sapiens (Homo- continuous, sapiens-learnining habit).


In the beginning such man had been spending his life wildly but during the period 8700-7700 BC, they started to pet sheep and goat although the first pet animal was dog, which was used for uniting.


Hunting and gathering can hardly support one person per square kilometer while pastoral life can support three and agriculture about a hundred. 
He had no control over food supply and was unable to clothe and shelter adequately.


During the period 8700 BC to 7700 BC, he domesticated animals and turned a herdsman. He first domesticated sheep and later goat.
Between the period 7500 BC to 6500 BC, man gradually shifted from hunting and gathering to agriculture. 

Stone axes were used for cutting trees and fire for burning forests.
Grains of cereals were dibbled with the aid of pointed sticks,
 later on, stone-hoes with wooden handles were invented. 
The cereals grown during this period were wheat and barley 
and later rice, maize and millets.
Subsequently he domesticated cattle pigs, horse and ass.








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