sentences:  Millet, wheat ("syamaka"), barley and pulses were also cultivated to a smaller extent.The fact that pastoral economies were spread throughout Gangavadi region comes from references to cowherds in many inscriptions.The terms "gosahasra" (a thousand cows), "gasara" (owner of cows), "gosasi" (donor of cows), "goyiti" (cowherdess), "gosasa" (protector of cows) attest to this.