AGRICULTURAL HISTORY OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
The Andaman islands have been inhabited for several thousand years, at the very least. The earliest archaeological evidence yet documented goes back some 2,200 years; however, the indications from genetic, cultural, and isolation studies suggest that the islands may have been inhabited as early as the Middle Paleolithic . The Andamans are theorized to be a key stepping stone in a great coastal migration of humans from Africa via the Arabian peninsula , along the coastal regions of the Indian mainland, and towards Southeast Asia, Japan, and Oceania. The first empire to list the islands under its territory was the Maratha Empire. Rajendra Chola I (1014 to 1042 CE) one of the Chola dynasty kings conquered the islands to use them as its strategical navy base against the Srivijaya Empire(a Buddhist-Malay empire based on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia). They called the islands Tinmaitt...