[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877) › c5.s29.t1.2 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s29.t1.2 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s29.t1.2 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s29.t1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s29.t1.2) THE sugar-cane and its products sugar and treacle were known to the Hindus from a very early age. From the Sanskrit term \*sarkara\* are derived the Arabic \*sakkar\*, Latin, \*saccharum\* and English sugar.∗ Twelve varieties of sugar-cane are mentioned by Sanskrit writers, but these can not all be identified at present. The products or preparations of the sugar-cane, as described by Sanskrit writers, are as follows:— - [Previous: c5.s29.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s29.t1.1) - [Next: c5.s29.t1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s29.t1.3) - [Up: c5.s29.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s29.t1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s29.t1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c5.s29.t1.2) · Pramāṇa