बेयो इजिप्तनि गोजाम आबाद-मावनायनि जेराव बेयो मोनसे गाहाय गोजां-बोथोर फसल आरो बैनिफ्रायनो नैजिथि जौथायनि गिबि बोसोरफोराव सिन्दआव जागायजादोंमोन जेराव बेयो हा-खोन्दोनि दै-जगायजानाय ओनसोलफोरनि थासारिफोराव आरो आबाद-मावनाय बिखान्थिफोराव जोबोर मोजां नाजावजानाय फोरमान-जादोंमोन दि गासै साहायारि भारताव (रबार्ट आरो सिं, 1951) बेयो गोख्रैयै गोसारो।
It is of ancient cultivation in Egypt, where it is a major winter crop, and from there was introduced to Sind in the early years of the twentieth century, where it proved so well-adapted to the conditions and farming systems of the irrigated tracts of the sub-continent that it spread rapidly throughout northern India (Roberts and Singh, 1951).