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1 Introduction of Indian agricultural heritage 2 Ancient agricultural practices 3 Relevance of heritage to present day agriculture, past and present status of agriculture and farmers in society 4 Journey of Indian agriculture and its development from
past to modern era -development of human culture and beginning of agriculture 5 Indus civilization (3250 BC - 2750 BC) 
6 Status of farmers in the society during indus, vedic, buddhist,mauryan, gupta and sangam periods 7 Kautilya’s artha-sastra, agriculture, animal Husbandry, commodity trade etc. – Features of village 8 Astronomy - prediction of monsoon rains; parashara, varamihira, panchanga in comparison to modern methods 9 Ancient soil classification and maintenance of soil productivity 10 Water harvesting and irrigation developments during different periods – water storage – distribution and relevance to modern agriculture 11 Plant protection in ancient period – ITK – harvesting – threshing and storage 13 Crops – indigenous and introduced - history of rice, Sugarcane and cotton 14 Gardening in ancient and medieval period – arbori
Horticulture - orchards 15 Traditional technical knowledge 16 Vegetable farming – floriculture – perfumes and medicinal plants
vegetable farming 17 Role of cattle and other domestic animals- management of cattle for draught and milk – indigenous breeds Description of Indian civilization and agriculture by travellers from China, Europe and USA 18 Our journey in agriculture and vision for the future