Agriculture and food
Agriculture is the main occupation of the Indus Valley people. Crops such as wheat, barley, rye, peas, seasamum, mustard, rice, cotton, dates, melon, etc,. are produced in the country. Earthlinks were built to control the river's annual flooding, even though the rain brought great fertile soil. People plough the land with wooden ploughshares drawn by men and oxen. Workers also use the Mesopotamian system of irrigation to fertile the land, which consists of building city walls and temples, then digging a gap in the embankment and closing it with mud after the flooding.
The Indus plains are made fertile by the annual inundation of the Indus River. This river carried far more alluvial soil then any other contemporary rivers like the Nile River in Egypt.
The Indus Valley people plant seeds in November, when the flood water recedes, and reap (cut or gather a crop or harvest) their harvests of wheat and barley in April, before the arrival of the next flood. The Indus people are the first civilization to create cotton. Everyone produces enough food for the people in villages and cities every year.
Food
Indus people eat cattle, pigs, sheep and goats for food. Cows provide milk and meat. Farmers grow fruits such as dates, grapes and melons, and field crops such as wheat and peas.
Indus Valley people eat a healthy diet. The diet consists of fruits, vegetables, fish, milk and meat of animals like beef, mutton and poultry. Most people probably eat more fruit and vegetables than meat. It is considered that men are better-fed than women.
The Indus plains are made fertile by the annual inundation of the Indus River. This river carried far more alluvial soil then any other contemporary rivers like the Nile River in Egypt.
The Indus Valley people plant seeds in November, when the flood water recedes, and reap (cut or gather a crop or harvest) their harvests of wheat and barley in April, before the arrival of the next flood. The Indus people are the first civilization to create cotton. Everyone produces enough food for the people in villages and cities every year.
Food
Indus people eat cattle, pigs, sheep and goats for food. Cows provide milk and meat. Farmers grow fruits such as dates, grapes and melons, and field crops such as wheat and peas.
Indus Valley people eat a healthy diet. The diet consists of fruits, vegetables, fish, milk and meat of animals like beef, mutton and poultry. Most people probably eat more fruit and vegetables than meat. It is considered that men are better-fed than women.