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Cultivation in Ancient India

By R. Ganguli

Vol. 6 · No. 4December - 1930pp. 737–746English
Ancient Indian Agriculture

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  • “By the time the hymns were composed, the ancient Aryans settled down in ‘Sapta-Sindhu’! (and realised the importance of agriculture as a national industry)”

Works cited in this article

  1. BRv, X, 101, 3, 5
  2. Arthasastra, English translation by Dr, Shamasastry, 9. 103
  3. Kryi-somgrakah (Bangabashi Edition)
  4. Vide Krai-parisaral

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Places

  • Sapta-Sindhu

Texts & works

  • Atharvaveda 29
  • Kaupillya Arthasastra
  • Brhat-samhiti
  • Gargya-samhitda
  • Agnipfiriga
  • Krgi-samgraka
  • Kmi-samgrahah
  • Krsi-samgrahah
  • Rgvedic hymns

Dynasties, sects & groups

  • Vedic Aryans

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Vol. 6 · No. 4
1–24Hatthavanagalla Vihara‑Vamsa598–614Manimekhalā, a Divinity of the SeaSylvain Levi614–628On some points relating to the Maurya Administrative SystemSuniti Kumar Chatterji629–638Yuddhakāṅḍa Campu of Rājacūḍāmaṇi DīkṣitaT. R. Chintamani639–644Some Difficult Vedic WordsVishwanath Kashinath Rajwade645–664Naval Warfare in Ancient IndiaPrithwis Chandra Chakravarti665–678Origin of BuddhismManoranjan Roy678–700The Riddle of the Pradyota DynastyJyotirmoy Sen701–717Vidyaranya and MadhavacaryaR. Rama Rao717–727The "Webbed Fingers" of BuddhaJitendra Nath Banerjee727–736The Two BhaskarasBibhutibhusan Datta737–746Cultivation in Ancient IndiaR. GanguliCurrent article747–756The Chronology of the Western Kṣatrapas and the AndhrasHari Charan Ghosh757–772Buddhist Studies with Special Reference to TibetanVidhushekhara Bhattacharya773–775Archaeological Progress in KeralaC. S. Srinivasachari775–778Imprecatory Verses in Copper‑Plate GrantsChintaharan Chakravarti779–779A Note on Kicakavadha (reply)Chintaharan Chakravarti780–781The Sixth All‑India Oriental Conference782–794ReviewsHariprasad G. Shastri, Niharranjan Roy, Kshitish Chandra Chatterjee795–800Select Contents of Oriental Journals

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