Indian Animals
Cattle were probably the
most important animals in India for people. Indian people did not eat
cows, because Hindus thought
of cows as sacred. But people used cows to pull carts, and for plowing
fields, and also used cows' milk to make yogurt.
Cow (left) and water buffalo (right)
People also got a lot of their milk from water buffaloes. Children
(both boys and girls) often went out with the water buffaloes to take
them out to their pastures and to water.
Chickens reached India from Thailand or China about 2500 BC, and have been common in India since that time. Sheep and goats arrived from West Asia probably about the same time. Camels, on the other hand, were not common in India until the Islamic invasions around 1000 AD.
Camel
There were also a lot of wild animals in India. Tigers and monkeys
and big snakes lived in the forests in some parts of India.
Elephants were born in the wild, but sometimes men caught and tamed
them. These elephants pulled trees for building houses, carried heavy
loads, and fought in battles.
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