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- A new study has found the presence of animal products in the Indus Valley Civilization.
- It is including cattle and buffalo meat in ceramic vessels.
- The people also kept the cattle for their dairy needs.
- The study also found that both summer and winter-based cropping was practiced.
- There is evidence of barley, wheat, rice and millets.
- It is dating back about 4,600 years at Indus Valley Civilisation sites.
- The study was essentially done in five sites: four villages – Alamgirpur in Uttar Pradesh; and around five places in Haryana.
- It was conducted by Akshyeta Suryanarayan at Cambridge.
- It was published in the Journal of Archaeological Science.
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