History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET June 2024 History (Cancelled)
The term 'vrihi' in the Vedic literature refers to:
AWheat
BBarley
CCorn
DRice ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Rice — The answer is rice, to which vrihi refers.
Explanation
★The answer is rice, to which vrihi refers.
★Vedic people first became acquainted with vrihi or rice in the Doab region.
★Remains found at Hastinapura belong to the eighth century BCE.
★Rice was also cultivated at Atranjikhera in the Etah district in the same period.
★Vedic texts mention grains such as vrihi, yava, masha, mudga and godhuma.
★So vrihi specifically means rice, not wheat or barley.
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