Krishi: Agricultural Economics of Ancient India
Krishi Parashara - the oldest agricultural treatise; Kautilya's agriculture policies; land tenure systems; irrigation economics and tank management; crop rotation and sustainable farming; relevance to organic farming and food security today
Lessons in this chapter
- Krishi Parashara: The World's Oldest Agricultural Treatise — When Farming Was Sacred Science
- Bhumi-Vibhajana: Land Classification and Tenure — Who Owned the Land?
- Sasya-Chakra: Crop Rotation and Sustainable Farming — The Ancient Science of Soil Renewal
- Jala-Niti: Irrigation Economics and Tank Management — The Commons That Didn't Collapse
- Bija-Sanrakshana: Seed Preservation and Distribution — The Commons That Corporations Enclosed
- Kautilya-Krishi: Arthashastra's Agricultural Policies — State, Market, and Moral Economy
- Relevance in 2026 and Beyond — Ancient Krishi Wisdom for the Climate Crisis Era