Important Events in Early History of Agriculture

By Team Krushi World On Sep 6, 2016

Period	Event
10000BC	Hunting & Gathering
8700BC	Domestication of sheep
7500BC	Wheat & Barley cultivation
6000BC	Domestication of Cattle’s & Pigs
4400BC	Maize Cultivation
3500BC	Potato cultivation
3400BC	Wheel invention
3000BC	Bronze tools
2900BC	Plough invention & irrigation
2700BC	Domestication of silkworm in China
2300BC	Cultivation of chickpea, Pear, sarson &cotton.
2200BC	Domestication of Fowl, Buffalo and elephant.
2000BC	Rice cultivation
1800BC	Finger millet cultivation
1725BC	Sorghum Cultivation
1700BC	Taming of horse
1500BC	Sugarcane cultivation & well irrigation.
1400BC	Use of Iron
15th Century	Cultivation of Oranges, Brinjal.
16th Century	Cultivation of several crops into India by Portuguese – Potato, Tomato, Chilles, Pumpkin, Papaya, Pineapple, Guava, Custard apple, groundnut, Tobacco, Cotton, Cashew nut.