INVENTION OF FARMING IN INDIA

INVENTION OF FARMING IN INDIA

India is the country where the invention of agriculture with all its means and methods was made first in the world. Prithu, the son of Vena, after whose name the earth is known as Prithivi, was the first king in the world who took the initiative to enter into agricultural economy by allowing the invention of farming. He also prepared the earth for Farming. The earth was made cultivable by way of cleaning and leveling, etc. This process was known as Gomedha Yajna. Go in physical sense, means planet earth and medha means purification or preparedness for farming. The first word appeared in the Veda for the tilted land is ëajraي which later corrupted into European languages as agro. 

The term ëKrishiي was first used in the Veda in the sense of Agriculture. The system of ancient Indian Farming consists in :

The selection of Farming Land

Fertility test of Farming land

Fertility treatment of Farming land

Treatment of seeds before growing in the farm

Use of herbal fertilizers to enhance the growth of crops

Proper use of herbal insecticides and pesticides to treat the crops of their pests and other diseases

Lastly the invention of Farming Astronomy to predict the prospects of summer and autumnal crops on the basis of Sunيs entry into Scorpio and Taurus respectively.