Archaeology & Prehistory
Lahuradewa: early rice cultivation
c. 6400 BCE (contested)Neolithic communitiesLahuradewa (Uttar Pradesh)Uttar Pradesh
6,400 BCE
Some of the earliest evidence for rice use in the Ganga plain.
- Dated
- 6,400 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 6400 BCE (contested)
- Originator
- Neolithic communities
- Source text
- Lahuradewa (Uttar Pradesh)
- Region
- Uttar Pradesh
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Rice was also independently used in China.
Fair to say
The dating and whether this reflects domesticated vs. wild rice are debated.
Path to modern innovation
Bears on the origins of rice agriculture.
Transmission
Suggests an early, possibly independent, South Asian rice tradition.
References
- 1Tewari et al., on Lahuradewa
Further reading
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