it is about the history of amaranthus species which is found in all over the world.

1. HISTORY OF AMARANTH

2. Amaranth that mean it is an leafy
vegetable which is find easily in the
all over the world. We can find
amaranth in terai, hills and
mountains all region and climate. And
also it a most preferable vegetable
among the vegetables. So do you
know? What is the great history of
amaranth. Where it is come from?
How it is spread all over the world ?
if you don’t know about it then read
it carefully.
In this world there are various types
and species of amaranthus is
available. As a whole the all types of
amaranthus group is called amaranth
vegetable. This amaranth has very
interesting, long, and colourfull
history in MAXICO. And it is also
known as a native crop of peru
country.
At the time of AZTECS empire
amaranth was a main food crop.
AZTECIANS started to cultivate
amaranth crop about the 6000-8000
years ago. amaranth was not only an
main food at the Aztecan times it is
also important for worship, religious
and culture. They used to made idol,
statue of their god by mix of the
grains of amaranth and honey. They
worshiped the idol of their god,
breaked statue or idol and
distributed to the people for the
food.
When Spanish were came to MEXICO
with CORTEZ they force the villagers
to leave the religion and entered
them forcefully to the Christianity
and they made the amaranth farming
illegal. And they started to give very
strict punishment to the people those
who is doing amaranth farming at
that time and they fired all the
amaranth farm which is done at that
time.
Luckily they couldn’t destroy the all
the farm of amaranth and seed of
amaranth. There were done some
small little amaranth farming at
remote area of the MAXICO and
CORTEZES unable to destroy it due to
is geographical condition, economic
status of this area , they did not think
they can cultivate the amaranth this
type of area etc. amaranth which is
cultivated in remote area of the
Mexico they used it to make
traditional sweet which is commonly
called “alegria”.
This amaranth has small and lighted
grain which can be easily sprayed
through the wind from one place to
another. So we considered that by
this way slowly slowly it spread all
over the world through wind.
References;
Wikipedia
https://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServl
et?source=display&classid=AMHY
https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/4639
https://wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-
101/grain-month-calendar/amaranth-may-
grain-
month#:~:text=History,close%20to%206000%2
0years%20ago.
Written by ; MANOJ SHRESTHA
AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY,
RAMPUR CHITWAN