Q. Consider the following crops:

1. Wheat
2. Sugarcane
3. Cotton
4. Mustard

Which of these were produced by the Harappans?
Answer: Only 1, 3 and 4
Notes: Primary crops of the Harappans were wheat and barley, and evidence for rice cultivation was found at Lothal and Rangpur (Gujarat). While two wheat varieties, club wheat and the Indian dwarf wheat, were cultivated, no evidence supports sugarcane cultivation, despite assumptions it was grown. Other crops included dates, mustard, sesamum, and cotton, placing the Indus people as the first in the world to cultivate cotton.