Aravallis Range

Economic

Crops Grown

Scanty monsoon rain in parts of peninsular India has put crops of soyabean, cotton, maize, pulses and jowar

Minerals in this Region

  • Rajasthan has a rich reserve of copper, lead, zinc, rock phosphate, soapstone, silica sand, limestone, marble and gypsum, and most of these minerals are found in the Aravalli mountain range. Mining of copper and other metals in the Aravalli range dates back to at least the 5th century BCE, based on carbon dating.
  • Recent research indicates that copper was already mined here during the Sothi-Siswal period going back to c. 4000 BCE. Ancient ....
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