Is there anything wrong with not eating sugar? From morning tea to sweets. Sugar adds sweetness not only to our food, but also to our lives. Without this sugar, we would not be able to eat foods like sweets, chocolate, cakes or soft drinks. But where did this sugar come from and how did it reach our kitchen? Sugar and then brown sugar were first made in India from sugarcane juice. Historical books and various reports from India and abroad provide evidence of this. According to a research report titled ‘A History of Sugar: The Food Nobody Needs, But Everyone Craves’ published by the British media outlet network ‘The Conversation’, sugar was made in India around 2,500 years ago, i.e. 500 BC. From here, the technology to make it spread eastwards to China and reached the Middle East via Iran. In the first century, the historian Pliny the Elder, who wrote the encyclopedia ‘Naturalis Historia’, said that Indian sugar was better than sugar made in Arabia. It is said that sugar first reac...
Is Nepal older than India? In terms of recorded history and civilization, India has a longer history than Nepal. The Indian subcontinent has been home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, with a rich and diverse history dating back thousands of years. The ancient Indus Valley Civilization, one of the world's oldest urban cultures, flourished in what is now northwest India and parts of Pakistan around 3300–1300 BCE. On the other hand, while Nepal has a significant and ancient history, it does not have an ancient civilization comparable in scale and antiquity to the Indus Valley Civilization. The history of Nepal includes various kingdoms and dynasties, with notable developments occurring in the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding regions. The specific historical developments and cultural evolution of both India and Nepal are complex and varied, shaped by the interactions of different ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups over the centuries. While the land that constitute...