Abstract

                                Apart from the mythical halo surrounding the origin, introduction and cultivation of sugarcane which chroniclers often take delight in referring to, the culture of this crop has been carried on in this land from ancient times. References in literature are not wanting regarding the opinions held. about the fertility of the tract growing sugarcane and statements about the prosperity of the villagers engaged in cane farming. 2. Hadi makes a delightful reference to the proud position sugarcane occupied in Akbar's time and quotes Faizi, Akbar's Minister. The grandee was the proud possessor of a sugarcane plantation, deserving of high encomiums. Nowhere else in Malwa did sugarcane of equal nicety or taste display its growth. "

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