Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.48

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iii) **Sugar-making Technology:** The origin and development of technology for manufacturing sugar is one of the most representative successful examples of mutual exchanges and interaction between India and China. Professor Ji Xianlin’s *History of Sugar Cane* is a wonderful work describing significance of the technology of cane sugar making in China’s exchanges with the outside world. India was one of the original producers of cane sugar and had a highly