The nature and timing of rice domestication and the development of rice cultivation in South Asia is much debated. In northern South Asia there is presently a significant gap (c.4200 years) between earliest evidence for the exploitation of wild rice (Lahuradewa c.6000 BCE) and earliest dated evidence for the utilisation of fully domesticated rice (Mahagara c.1800 BCE). The Indus Civilisation (c.3000–1500 BCE) developed and declined during the intervening period, and there has been debate about whether rice was adopted and exploited by Indus populations during this ‘gap’.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/approaching-rice-domestication-south-asia-new-evidence-indus-settlements-northern
[2] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440316300322
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/j-bates
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ca-petrie
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rn-singh-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/journal-archaeological-science
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-asia
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indus
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/history
