Indian Plants for Kids - what kinds of plants grew in ancient India?

Indian Plants


Wheatfield

Rice paddy

In northern India, people ate mainly wheat, baked into flat bread or cooked into porridge. But in southern India, people mainly ate rice. So those were the two main things that people grew.


Mangoes

Many different kinds of plants also grew wild. There were bananas, and mangoes, and pomegranates. India was also known for its spices, especially cinnamon.



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