Inventions & Discoveries · Farming and food

Sugarcane

Sugarcane is a tall tropical grass whose stalks are crushed to produce sugar. It was cultivated in India since ancient times. The Maratha Empire and Sikh Empire profiles list sugarcane among their agricultural products.

Sugarcane
Image: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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First known
c. 350 CE
Where
India
Built onAgriculturec. 10,000 BCE

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Mentioned in 5 profiles

Maratha EmpireSocioeconomySikh EmpireSocioeconomyWestern Chalukya EmpireSocioeconomyHoysala EmpireSocioeconomyKingdom of Mysore (1399-1799)Socioeconomy

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sugarcane. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sugarcane
MLA
“Sugarcane.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sugarcane. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Sugarcane.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sugarcane.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Sugarcane’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sugarcane (Accessed: ).

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