granary

agriculture

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A granary is a storehouse for threshed grain. It can also refer to a region that produces grain in abundance or a chief source or storehouse of anything.1

Historically, "ever-normal granaries" were established to stabilize prices and prevent famine. These were systems, like those in China under the Qing dynasty, where provinces maintained grain reserves to offset shortages caused by crop failures. Modern governmental policies may also involve maintaining stocks of farm products to stabilize prices and safeguard against crop failures.23

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Mohenjo-daro
…the base of a great granary similar to that known at Harappa. Below the granary were brick loading bays. In the southern part of the mound an oblong “assembly hall” was discovered, having four rows of fine brick plinths, presumably to take wooden columns. In a room adjacent to this…
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…the base of a great granary similar to that known at Harappa. Below the granary were brick loading bays. In the southern part of the mound an oblong “assembly hall” was discovered, having four rows of fine brick plinths, presumably to take wooden columns. In a room adjacent to this…
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