Archaeology & Prehistory
Banawali and the toy plough
c. 2600-1900 BCEIndus Valley CivilisationBanawali (Haryana)Haryana
2,600 BCE
A fortified oval town that yielded a terracotta toy plough and barley - clues to farming and daily life.
- Dated
- 2,600–1,900 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 2600-1900 BCE
- Originator
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Source text
- Banawali (Haryana)
- Region
- Haryana
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
A single toy is suggestive, not conclusive, about full-size ploughs.
Path to modern innovation
Small finds that illuminate agriculture and childhood.
Transmission
Part of the eastern Indus zone.
References
- 1R. S. Bisht
- 2ASI reports
Further reading
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