Indus Valley Diet and Agricultural Production (c. 3300–1300 BCE)

1. Cotton use evidenced at Neolithic Mehrgarh

   Jan 1, 6000 BCELabels: Neolithic Mehrgarh, Cotton

   • JAS 2002
   • Mehrgarh

2. Mehrgarh aceramic farming village begins

   Jan 1, 5250 BCELabels: Mehrgarh, Aceramic Neolithic

   • Nature
   • Mehrgarh

3. Early Harappan period emerges in Indus region

   Jan 1, 3300 BCELabels: Early Harappan, Indus region

   • Harappan Phases
   • IVC Overview

4. Hakra/Ravi cultural phase in Early Harappan

   Jan 1, 3300 BCELabels: Hakra Ware, Ravi phase

   • Hakra Ware
   • IVC Overview

5. Millets and winter pulses dated at Indus villages

   Jan 1, 2890 BCELabels: Indus villages, Archaeobotany

   • Sci News
   • Antiquity

6. Mature Harappan urbanism and intensified provisioning

   Jan 1, 2600 BCELabels: Mature Harappan, Indus cities

   • IVC Overview
   • Harappa Q A

7. Horsegram evidence dated in Indus multi-cropping

   Jan 1, 2580 BCELabels: Horsegram, Multi-cropping

   • Sci News
   • JAS

8. Rice use dated at some Indus-era settlements

   Jan 1, 2430 BCELabels: Rice, Indus settlements

   • Sci News
   • JAS

9. Pottery lipid residues document limited dairy processing

   Jan 1, 2200 BCELabels: Pottery residues, Dairy

   • Nature Sci Rep

10. “Granary” at Harappa questioned as grain store

    Jan 1, 2200 BCELabels: Harappa, Public building

    • Harappa

11. Indus civilisation declines; food systems regionalize

    Jan 1, 1900 BCELabels: Late Harappan, Regionalization

    • IVC Overview
    • Harappan Phases

12. Late Harappan horizon reaches conventional endpoint

    Jan 1, 1300 BCELabels: Late Harappan, Post-urban traditions

    • IVC Overview
    • Harappan Phases