Agriculture in Ancient India : A Study

Authors(1) :-Dr. Jay Prakash Upadhyay

India has been an agricultural country. The main base of the economy here is agriculture. Geographical texture of ancient India has been compatible with agriculture and agriculture. Due to the abundant humidity and soil fertility due to the abundant humidity and soil fertility due to the extensive grounds of the Ganga, Indus and Brahmaputra valleys, which originated from the Himalayas, due to the abundant humidity and soil fertility, the plains of India were very favorable for agriculture, the fields of Malwa, Narmada And Tapti's shops and the Mahanadi, Krishna and Godavari plains were not far behind them.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. Jay Prakash Upadhyay
Sanskrit Department, Shukulpur, Marda, Allahabad, India

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 3 | Issue 7 | September-October 2017
Date of Publication : 2017-09-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 1332-1335
Manuscript Number : IJSRST1849125
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X

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Dr. Jay Prakash Upadhyay, " Agriculture in Ancient India : A Study", International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Volume 3, Issue 7, pp.1332-1335, September-October-2017.
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