HISTORY OF ENTOMOLOGY IN INDIA Ancient Indian: • Honey has been known to us from pre-historic times. Honey finds mention in the Vedas, the Ramayana, the quran and many ancient books. Rigvedas mentions honey as the choist food of god (3000-5000 B.C) • Atharva veda gives a brief account of Lac, the lac insects and usefulness values of lac . In Mahabharata, there is a reference of Laksha Griha i.e , a house of lac implies that lac had been cultivated in India from pre-historic times. • Silk production is believed to have originated in China nearly 5000 years ago and slowly spread to India. An Indian prince sends a gift of silk cloth to a Persian ruler in 3870 B.C, indicating that Indians were familiar with the rearing of silkworm. • In ancient scripts like Ramayana and Mahabharata, some of the terms used were related to insects. They are Pipilika – Ant, Pathanga – grasshoppers, Madhumakshika – honey bees, Umbakapalika ...
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