Earliest rice cultivation was noticed in

✅ EXPLANATION: The earliest archaeological evidence of rice cultivation in India dates to about 7000 BCE, found in the Deccan plateau, specifically at the sites of Lahuradewa and Vadgaon-Madhavpur in Maharashtra. 🔹 Indus Valley: While rice cultivation was present in the Indus Valley civilisation, it came later than the Deccan plateau, around 2500 BCE. 🔹 Indo-Gangetic plains: Rice cultivation in the Indo-Gangetic plains is also believed to have begun later than the Deccan plateau, around 2000 BCE.