Comments on: Sugar – A Sweet Indian Gift to the World http://www.hitxp.com/articles/history/sugar-cane-origin-india-sweetener/ Human Intelligence to Solve Xtreme Problems Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Gurudev http://www.hitxp.com/articles/history/sugar-cane-origin-india-sweetener/comment-page-1/#comment-5663 Gurudev Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:50:53 +0000 http://www.hitxp.com/articles/?p=751#comment-5663 Yes Sainath, Indians produced different types of sweetener from sugar cane and Jaggery is one of the widely used. But the crystallisation of sugar was also widely practiced in India in ancient times, for instance there are records of sugar crystallisation techniques practiced during the times of Gupta dynasty. There are also records of ancient Indian sailors carrying with them mixtures of Butter and Sugar, which is a combination we use even today, we dont use jaggery with butter :) And apart from this there are atleast two different ancient Chinese records which mention about how the Chinese learnt the techniques of sugar crystallization from the visiting Buddhist monks of India. Ref: Adas, Michael (January 2001). Agricultural and Pastoral Societies in Ancient and Classical History. Temple University Press. Yes Sainath, Indians produced different types of sweetener from sugar cane and Jaggery is one of the widely used. But the crystallisation of sugar was also widely practiced in India in ancient times, for instance there are records of sugar crystallisation techniques practiced during the times of Gupta dynasty. There are also records of ancient Indian sailors carrying with them mixtures of Butter and Sugar, which is a combination we use even today, we dont use jaggery with butter :)
And apart from this there are atleast two different ancient Chinese records which mention about how the Chinese learnt the techniques of sugar crystallization from the visiting Buddhist monks of India.
Ref: Adas, Michael (January 2001). Agricultural and Pastoral Societies in Ancient and Classical History. Temple University Press.

]]> By: sainath http://www.hitxp.com/articles/history/sugar-cane-origin-india-sweetener/comment-page-1/#comment-5634 sainath Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:20:42 +0000 http://www.hitxp.com/articles/?p=751#comment-5634 Gurudev As far what i have heard from shri Rajiv Dixitji lectures, he said that it was Britishers who started producing sugar in india by setting up factories... we only had jaggery and used to prepare only that... he also adds that sugar is not at all good for health as it is prepared using many chemicals and has phosphorus (don't remember exactly) or something which is not good at all as the final product mainly contains chemicals only.... He says jaggery is the best of all to use/consume as it has iron.. and as far as i remember from childhood we were always told to eat jaggery+nuts, jaggery+dry coconut etc... since you memntion it was mentioned in atharvaveda.. Your thoughts on this please... Gurudev

As far what i have heard from shri Rajiv Dixitji lectures, he said that it was Britishers who started producing sugar in india by setting up factories… we only had jaggery and used to prepare only that… he also adds that sugar is not at all good for health as it is prepared using many chemicals and has phosphorus (don’t remember exactly) or something which is not good at all as the final product mainly contains chemicals only….
He says jaggery is the best of all to use/consume as it has iron.. and as far as i remember from childhood we were always told to eat jaggery+nuts, jaggery+dry coconut etc…

since you memntion it was mentioned in atharvaveda..

Your thoughts on this please…

]]> By: Gurudev http://www.hitxp.com/articles/history/sugar-cane-origin-india-sweetener/comment-page-1/#comment-4433 Gurudev Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:07:09 +0000 http://www.hitxp.com/articles/?p=751#comment-4433 As for the Quote about Sugar, I wrote it because it could mean either way sarcastically - be it American Indians (Native Americans) or actual Indians - both civilizations suffered at the hands of colonialism - so both - those who invented Sugar as well as those who were made to produce sugarcane almost for free - both could consider it to be their curse :) As for Hockey, it was introduced in India by the British, and it is they who invented the modern hockey as a game similar to football played using sticks, and they inherited the idea of this game from Romans who in turn got it probably from Egypt, ancient Egyptian drawings show people playing a similar sport. As for the Quote about Sugar, I wrote it because it could mean either way sarcastically – be it American Indians (Native Americans) or actual Indians – both civilizations suffered at the hands of colonialism – so both – those who invented Sugar as well as those who were made to produce sugarcane almost for free – both could consider it to be their curse :)

As for Hockey, it was introduced in India by the British, and it is they who invented the modern hockey as a game similar to football played using sticks, and they inherited the idea of this game from Romans who in turn got it probably from Egypt, ancient Egyptian drawings show people playing a similar sport.

]]> By: Gurudev http://www.hitxp.com/articles/history/sugar-cane-origin-india-sweetener/comment-page-1/#comment-4432 Gurudev Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:56:30 +0000 http://www.hitxp.com/articles/?p=751#comment-4432 I know Suchin, Native Americans are called Indians because Columbus called them So. When Ottoman turks captured Constantinople in 1453 blocking the land route from Europe to India, the Europeans who were so much dependent on Indian imports of spices diamonds etc started desperately looking out for a sea route to India and thats how the expeditions of Columbus, Vasco Da Gama etc were funded. Columbus who landed up on the American continent thought he had landed on the east coast of India and hence called the native Americans "Red Indians" and thats how we have "Indians" and "Indiana" in America and thanks to India which led to the discovery of American Continent :) I had written on this long back - <a href="http://www.hitxp.com/articles/history/myth-british-creating-india/" rel="nofollow">Myth About British Creating India</a> I know Suchin, Native Americans are called Indians because Columbus called them So. When Ottoman turks captured Constantinople in 1453 blocking the land route from Europe to India, the Europeans who were so much dependent on Indian imports of spices diamonds etc started desperately looking out for a sea route to India and thats how the expeditions of Columbus, Vasco Da Gama etc were funded. Columbus who landed up on the American continent thought he had landed on the east coast of India and hence called the native Americans “Red Indians” and thats how we have “Indians” and “Indiana” in America and thanks to India which led to the discovery of American Continent :)
I had written on this long back – Myth About British Creating India

]]> By: Suchin http://www.hitxp.com/articles/history/sugar-cane-origin-india-sweetener/comment-page-1/#comment-4429 Suchin Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:58:31 +0000 http://www.hitxp.com/articles/?p=751#comment-4429 Long ago I was told by someone that Hockey game was originally from India, whereas I found out that its actually from American Indians. Usually we are wrongly identified. I will be surprised if American Indians first processed sugar, but not if they created the Hockey game. Long ago I was told by someone that Hockey game was originally from India, whereas I found out that its actually from American Indians. Usually we are wrongly identified. I will be surprised if American Indians first processed sugar, but not if they created the Hockey game.

]]> By: Suchin http://www.hitxp.com/articles/history/sugar-cane-origin-india-sweetener/comment-page-1/#comment-4428 Suchin Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:55:46 +0000 http://www.hitxp.com/articles/?p=751#comment-4428 Guru, Please read that the reference site you have given states that its American Indians and not us Indians <em>"So, it was because of the white man's theft of America, from the American Indians, that the phrase of "Indian's Revenge" becomes clear.  The white man stole the entire continent from the Indians, but the Indians gave virtually all of our modern diseases back to the white man -- in the form of cheap sugar."</em> Guru,
Please read that the reference site you have given states that its American Indians and not us Indians
“So, it was because of the white man’s theft of America, from the American Indians, that the phrase of “Indian’s Revenge” becomes clear.  The white man stole the entire continent from the Indians, but the Indians gave virtually all of our modern diseases back to the white man — in the form of cheap sugar.”

]]> By: Pradeep http://www.hitxp.com/articles/history/sugar-cane-origin-india-sweetener/comment-page-1/#comment-4366 Pradeep Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:13:25 +0000 http://www.hitxp.com/articles/?p=751#comment-4366 Hahaha :-) Hahaha :-)

]]> By: Gurudev http://www.hitxp.com/articles/history/sugar-cane-origin-india-sweetener/comment-page-1/#comment-4335 Gurudev Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:52:09 +0000 http://www.hitxp.com/articles/?p=751#comment-4335 हां सहीमे, हम्ने शक्कर कॆवल मिठास के लिये डूंड निक्लात. अब उसे उटाके चाक्लॆट से लॆकर सारे खानेके चीज़ में डाल्नेकेलिये हम्ने नहीं कहाता इन्से :) हां सहीमे, हम्ने शक्कर कॆवल मिठास के लिये डूंड निक्लात. अब उसे उटाके चाक्लॆट से लॆकर सारे खानेके चीज़ में डाल्नेकेलिये हम्ने नहीं कहाता इन्से :)

]]> By: Pradeep http://www.hitxp.com/articles/history/sugar-cane-origin-india-sweetener/comment-page-1/#comment-4317 Pradeep Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:40:22 +0000 http://www.hitxp.com/articles/?p=751#comment-4317 अच्छा, सो हमी लोग् थे सारे संसार् में डयबिट्टिस् भीमारि कि बीज् बोये  ;-) अच्छा, सो हमी लोग् थे सारे संसार् में डयबिट्टिस् भीमारि कि बीज् बोये  ;-)

]]> By: Pradeep http://www.hitxp.com/articles/history/sugar-cane-origin-india-sweetener/comment-page-1/#comment-4316 Pradeep Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:20:23 +0000 http://www.hitxp.com/articles/?p=751#comment-4316 So sweet !!! So sweet !!!

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