Ornamental Horticulture

Natural gardening during Indus and Harappan civilizations

The history of systematic gardening in India is as old as civilization of Indus and Harappan which existed between 2500 BC and 1750 BC.


• Harappan pots were generally decorated with designs of trees of pipal, mango and neem.
• The culture of animal and tree worship was at its peak.
• The pipal tree (Ficus religiosa) and banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis) served mankind and fauna in many different ways and they were considered as the symbols of fertility.