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Harappan food came from farming, animal husbandry, fishing, hunting and gathering. Wheat and barley were important crops, while cattle, sheep, goats and buffaloes formed part of the livestock economy. Regional differences meant that food habits were not identical everywhere.
Cattle and pastoralism were highly important in the Rigvedic economy, although agriculture was already known. During the Later Vedic period, agriculture became increasingly central, permanent settlements expanded, iron use grew and production became more diversified.
Mehrgarh is one of the most important early farming sites of the northwestern Indian subcontinent. Its archaeological remains reveal the gradual development of cultivation, animal domestication, village life, craft production and long-distance exchange.
The Rigvedic period is reconstructed primarily from the Rigveda. Its world was centred largely in the northwestern subcontinent, with cattle pastoralism playing a major economic role alongside agriculture. Political organization revolved around kin groups, chiefs and assemblies.
The Neolithic phase brought a major transformation in human life as communities increasingly cultivated crops, domesticated animals and lived in more settled habitations. Archaeological sites across the subcontinent reveal that this change occurred differently in different regions.
The first cities of the Indian subcontinent did not appear suddenly. Over thousands of years, hunting and gathering, farming, settled villages, craft production and growing trade networks gradually created the conditions for Harappan urbanization.
After about 1900 BCE, the Mature Harappan urban system changed significantly. Large cities declined, long-distance networks weakened and settlement patterns shifted, but the civilization did not disappear suddenly. Archaeology increasingly points to a long transformation involving climate stress, changing rivers, local floods, economic disruption and migration.
Chalcolithic communities used both stone and copper tools and lived in regional farming settlements across much of the Indian subcontinent. Their pottery, agriculture, houses, burials and craft traditions reveal a diverse world between the Neolithic and the wider spread of iron.
During the Later Vedic period, the centre of Vedic culture expanded eastward into the Ganga-Yamuna region. Agriculture, iron use, territorial political units, stronger kingship, elaborate sacrifices and clearer social differentiation became increasingly important.
Historians reconstruct India's past by comparing archaeological remains, inscriptions, coins and literary texts. No single source tells the whole story; each provides different evidence and has its own limitations.
