Wheat. Inde

 Wheat was first cultivated in India around 7000–6000 BCE.

Key details

• Wheat arrived in the Indian subcontinent from the Fertile Crescent (West Asia), where it was first domesticated.
• The earliest evidence in India comes from the northwestern regions, especially:
  
• Mehrgarh (present-day Pakistan) — wheat cultivation dated to ~7000 BCE
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• Wheat became an important crop of the Indus Valley Civilization (2600–1900 BCE).

Types of wheat

• Early Indian wheat included emmer wheat and bread wheat.
• Over time, wheat adapted well to the Indo-Gangetic plains, becoming a staple.

Short answer

👉 Wheat was first cultivated in India about 8,000–9,000 years ago, starting around 7000 BCE, mainly in the northwest.

If you want, I can also compare wheat and rice cultivation timelines in India or explain how wheat spread across the subcontinent.