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Sugar and its products : Harappan cities have yielded charcoal some Saccharum species, though whether this is the sugarcane is uncertain (Vishnu-Mittre, 1974, p. 3). The kusara of the Ṛgveda is thought to refer to it (Prakash, Om, 1961, pp.7-33). The chewing of ikṣu, which is certainly the sugarcane, is alluded to in Atharvaveda, while all the Saṃhitās of the Yajurveda mention the plant (Prakash, Om, 1961, pp. 7-33).