List the reasons for early Agriculture in India.
- Availability of water from R. Ganges and Indus for irrigation farmlands
- Existence of fertile soils which were deposited along river valleys.
- Existence of indigenous crops in the area.
- Establishment of settlements along river valleys created more demand for food / High population / high demand for food.
- Decrease in food supply from the natural environment led to starvation.
- Availability of farm labour
- Availability of storage facilities
- Availability of means of transport of wooden wheeled carts
- Use of good tools e.g. wooden plough
- Use of improved methods of irrigation e.g. earth dams and dykes
- Availability of adequate rainfall during certain times of the year promoted farming.
- Immigrants from Middle East who had agricultural knowledge introduced farming.
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