Food Habits of Harappan People Deciphered
According to a new scientific study of material found at a Harappan site, 4MSR Binjore, in Rajasthan, the Harappan people used to consume high-protein multigrain laddoos around 4,000 years ago.
- The study was jointly conducted by the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP), Lucknow, and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), New Delhi.
Key Findings
- Seven similar big-size brown ‘laddoos’, two figurines of bulls and a hand-held copper adze (a tool similar to an axe, used for cutting or shaping wood) were excavated by the ASI at the Harappan site near the banks of river Ghaggar (erstwhile Saraswati)in Anupgarh district of Rajasthan.
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