Why did the people of Harappan civilization cut down trees in large quantities?
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The Harappan economy was based on irrigated surplus agriculture, cattle rearing, proficiency in various crafts and brisk trade both internal and external.
Agriculture:
The Harappan villages, mostly situated near the flood plains, produced sufficient food grains not only to feed themselves but also the town people. No hoe or ploughshare has been discovered, but the furrows discovered in the pre-Harappan phase at Kalibangan show that the fields were ploughed in Rajasthan in the Harappan period. The Harappans probably used the wooden ploughshare. We do not know whether men or oxen drew the plough. Stone sickles may have been used for harvesting the crops.
Gabarbands or nalas enclosed by dams for storing water were a feature in parts of Baluchistan and Afghanistan, but channel or canal irrigation seems to have been absent. The Indus people produced wheat, barley, rai, peas, etc. They produced two types of wheat and barley. A good quantity of barley was discovered at Banawali. In addition to this, they produced sesamum, mustard, dates and varieties of leguminous plants. At Lothal and Rangpur, rice and spikelet were found embedded in clay and pottery.
The Indus people were the earliest people to produce cotton. Because cotton was first produced in this area, the Greeks called it Sindon, which is derived from Sindh.
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