Flourishing in black cotton soil area in semi-arid climate, this culture probably depended upon subsistence agriculture and raising of livestock. Barley (the principal cereal), wheat, rice, bajra, jowar, lentil, pea, gram and hyacinth beans were the main crops grown.
Inamgaon sites suggest that rotation of crops, irrigation by artificial means and harvesting of summer and winter crops, were practiced. Bones of cattle, sheep and goat have been retrieved, as also of fish, water fowl, turtle and rodents.
The bones retrieved from these sites are charred, suggesting that the animals and fish were cooked in open fires.
Tools, Ornaments and Other Objects:
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A stone blade or flake industry has been associated with these cultures, with siliceous stones being used. Flat axes or celts, arrowheads, chisels, spearheads, mid- ribbed swords, blades, fish hooks, rings, bead bangles (28 of them found at Kayatha) were made of copper.
Ornaments were of carnelian, jasper, and chalcedony shell and agate beads. At Daimabad, four copper objects depicting an animal each, and dated to 1600- 1300 bc have been found.
They are an elephant on a cast copper platform, a buffalo with wheels and axles (similar to the figures of buffaloes found in Mohenjo-daro), a rhinoceros, and a chariot attached to a yoked ox by a long pole with a rider.