The earliest Indians mainly ate rice, wheat and lentils. Occasionally they dined on cows, pigs, sheep, goats and chicken. Sugar cane was also a common food. By around 300 BC, under Mauryan reign, animal sacrifices gave karma and kept you from freedom of the "wheel of reincarnation." People ate less and less meat, many people became vegetarians. In the Gupta period, Hindus began to worship the Mother Goddess (which cows were sacred to.) So hindus stopped eating beef completely. Indian scientist also discovered how to make sugar cane into sugar cubes, which cause a greater amount of sugar eating. And then, around 1100 AD, with the Islamic conquests in northern India, most people stopped eating pork (as it was forbidden by the Koran.) People could still eat sheep, goats and chicken, but most of the people in India became vegetarians and ate meat rarely. The vegetarian food was mainly wheat flatbreads or a kind of flatbread made of chickpeas, with a spicy vegetarian sauce and yogurt! Or people at rice with yogurt and vegetables. Many spicy peppers grew in India. Now Indian food is sold in many different places where you can get their flavorful dishes!
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