Main Crops : Wheat and Barely; Evidence of
cultivation of rice in Lothal and
Rangpur ( Gujarat) only . Other Crops :
Dates, mustard , sesamum, cotton etc.
Indus people were the first to produce
cotton in the world.
Animals : Sheep, goat, humped and
humpless bull , buffalo, boar, dog, cat,
pig, fowl, dee5r, tortoise , elephant ,camel, rhinoceros, tiger etc.
Lion was not known to Indus people . From
Amari, a single instance of the Indian rhinoceros has been
reported.
There was extensive inland and foreign
trade. Foreign trade with Mesopotamia or
Sumeria (Modern Iraq,) Bahrain etc flourished.
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Imports
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From
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Gold
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Kolar
(Karnataka) , Afghanistan, Persia, (Iran)
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Silver
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Afghanistan, Persia (Iran), South India
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Copper
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Khetri ( Rajasthan), Baluchistan, Arabia
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Tin
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Afghanistan, Bihar
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Lapis Lazuli and Sapphire
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Badak- shan (Afghanistan)
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Jade
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Central Asia
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Steatite
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Shaher –i-Sokhta (Iran) , Kirther Hills (Pakistan)
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Amethyst
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Maharasthtra
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Agate
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Chalcedonies and Saurashtra and West India Carnelians.
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Exports : Agricultural products , cotton
goods , terracotta figurines, pottery ,certain beads (from Chanhudaro), conch- shell ( from Lothal),
ivory products , copper etc.