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511 Ikṣu without any qualification means a purple variety, also designated as kṛṣṇekṣu and vamśaka, while puṇḍraka is a white variety according to N. Deerr (1949: 15). J.C. Jain (1947: 91) remarks that puṇḍra is of a pale-yellow colour. Puṇḍraka is mentioned at Ca.Sū. 25.49, pauṇḍraka and vamśaka are found at Ca.Sū.27.238. Nowadays pauṇḍra has come to mean a thick or noble cane in distinction to hybrids of less diameter (N. Deerr, 1949: 15). Cf. Su.Sū.45.148–169. See on the Indian sugarcanes: E. Balfour (1968): III, 755–756; N. Deerr (1949): 15–16; E. Balfour (1968): III, 755–756; J.B. Hutchinson (1974): 155; S. Pruthi (1995): 95–115; R.B.J.C. Ray (1918); *Y.C. Roy (1916); G. Watt VI, Part II, 3–11, 41–88; WIRM IX, 96–165 (Saccharum). See on the history of sugar and the sugar industry in India: E. Balfour (1967): II, 397–398, (1968): III, 755; J. Baxa and G. Bruhns (1967): 5–7; N. Deerr (1949): 40–62, (1950): 449, 510–523, 525–526; L. Gopal (1964); O. von Hinüber (1971); A.M. Shastri (1980); S. Pruthi (1995); R.B.J.C. Ray (1918); G. Watt VI, Part II, 12–41, 114–380. See on sugar in non-medical Indian literature: N. Deerr (1949): 40–52. See on the history of sugar in other countries and in general: N. Deerr (1949), (1950); Hobson-Jobson; B. Laufer (1967): 376–377; E.O. von Lipmann *(1929); *(1934), *(1938); J. Needham (1974): 66; P. Schwarz (1920); E. Wiedemann (1970): II, 137–146.